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Is Rishi Sunak the right person to lead the UK?

Former chancellor set to become the country’s new prime minister after winning the Conservative Party’s leadership race.

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Rishi Sunak’s first statement as Tory leader in full as he wins race to be Prime Minister

The former chancellor spoke at Conservative Party headquarters. Here is a transcript of his address.

Evening Standard

Tory party members react to Sunak as PM as some cancel memberships

Tory voters have described feeling as though their party ‘has been destroyed from within’.

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Rishi Sunak’s first statement as UK’s Conservative Party leader

Set to become the next prime minister of Britain, Sunak, 42, delivered a brief statement on Monday.

Al Jazeera

Boris Johnson ends comeback bid — but promises another

In the end, all of Boris Johnson’s bluster couldn’t hide the facts: He didn’t have the votes to win the Conservative Party leadership contest and stage a political comeback just weeks after being forced out as prime minister

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak has won the race to be prime minister - but what happens now?

As the UK gets its third Prime Minister in less than two months, a look at what is likely to happen over the next few days

Evening Standard

Sunak, UK's next PM, gets cheers from unlikely place: India

Rishi Sunak, the former British Treasury chief who won the race to be leader of the Conservative Party and is likely to become the country’s next prime minister, is getting cheers from an unlikely place: India, its former colony

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak: who is he and how did he end up with the top job in British politics?

When Rishi Sunak lost to Liz Truss in the first Conservative Party leadership race of 2022, few were surprised. Many of the people given the chance to choose between the two candidates blamed Sunak for Boris Johnson’s downfall. They also preferred Truss’s “optimistic” economic policies to Sunak’s sombre assessment of…

The Conversation

Rishi Sunak tells Tories to ‘unite or die’ amid ‘profound economic challenge’

He will become the next prime minister after Penny Mordaunt failed to win the support of Conservative MPs.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s first statement as Tory leader in full

The former chancellor spoke at Conservative Party headquarters. Here is a transcript of his address.

The Independent UK

Our next prime minister: Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak has been elected unopposed as leader of the Conservative Party and will be the UK’s next prime minister. Aged 42, he will also be the youngest to assume the office since the 2nd Earl of Liverpool in 1812. and the first from an ethnic minority since Benjamin Disraeli…

Evening Standard

Former UK chancellor Rishi Sunak to replace Liz Truss as prime minister

Former UK Treasury secretary Rishi Sunak has won the race to be leader of the Conservative Party and will become Britain’s next prime minister – the third this year.

Radio France Internationale

Incoming prime minister Rishi Sunak tells warring Tories to ‘unite or die’

The former chancellor becomes the new Tory leader after Penny Mordaunt failed to win the backing of MPs.

The Independent UK

Nottinghamshire Conservative MPs congratulate Rishi Sunak as he is named next UK Prime Minister

He ended up as the only candidate in the Conservative leadership race

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The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak to be prime minister after Penny Mordaunt fails to win MPs’ backing

He will become the UK’s first Hindu PM after his rival failed to get the support of 100 colleagues.

Reuters

Swift rise to PM, but some doubt Rishi Sunak can win UK elections

Elected for the first time to parliament in 2015, Rishi Sunak became Britain's youngest prime minister in more than 200 years on Monday, tasked with steering the country through an economic crisis and mounting anger among some voters.

ABC News

Rishi Sunak to become Britain's new prime minister after Penny Mordaunt concedes

Former chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak will become Britain's third prime minister in three months, and the first of Indian heritage after winning the Conservative Party's leadership.

Reuters

UK leadership candidate Mordaunt withdraws from race, backs Sunak

Britain's Conservative Party leadership contestant Penny Mordaunt withdrew from the race on Monday, saying Rishi Sunak had her full support.

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Al Jazeera

Rishi Sunak wins race to become the UK’s new prime minister

Sunak wins Conservative Party leadership contest days after the dramatic resignation of Liz Truss as prime minister.

Wales Online

Rishi Sunak confirmed as next Prime Minister

His only remaining opponent pulled out at the last minute

The Independent UK

DUP urged to ‘choke down’ its position in refusing to reform government

Northern Ireland Minister Steve Baker was speaking at the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly in Co Cavan on Monday.

Evening Standard

When will the UK’s new prime minister be announced?

The Tories were given a week to decide on their new leader

Nottingham Post

Lee Anderson becomes first Nottinghamshire MP to back Penny Mordaunt as next Prime Minister

Rishi Sunak is the only other candidate after Boris Johnson withdrew

The Independent UK

Nadhim Zahawi mocked after backing Boris Johnson for PM minutes after he dropped out of race

The former chancellor was mocked for his U-turns on his backing for leadership

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak's proud Hindu religion and what he's said about his faith

Rishi Sunak is on the cusp of becoming Prime Minister. If elected Conservative Party leader as expected on Monday, he will become the first British PM not to come from a Christian background

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