Rishi Sunak will be the UK’s next prime minister after winning the Conservative Party leadership contest. Sunak will become the UK’s first British Asian PM and at 42, the youngest leader in more than two centuries
Johnson withdraws from contest
Sunak officially declares he will run
First ballot to be held on Monday
Sunak clearly leading other contender Mordaunt
Boris Johnson lands back in London after his holiday in the Caribbean, as speculation grows that he will also run
Would-be candidates need at least 100 nominations from fellow Tory MPs to get on the ballot, meaning no more than three of them will be able to stand because there are 357 Tory MPs.
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