Rishi Sunak Emerges New UK Prime Minister

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British politician Rishi Sunak has emerged as the UK prime minister after rival Penny Mordaunt failed to secure the necessary 100 nominations from her fellow MPs.

Mr Sunak won the support of an overwhelming majority of Tory MPs, enabling him to claim the keys to No10.

Sunak will become Britain’s first PM of Indian heritage.

Ms Mordaunt dropped out of the contest at the last minute this afternoon after she failed to secure the support of 100 colleagues.

The ex-Chancellor took an early lead in the Tory leadership race, having lost the last one to Liz Truss just weeks ago.

Within hours of Ms Truss announcing her resignation last Thursday, MPs came out in droves to support Mr Sunak.