Rishi Sunak to become UK’s PM after Mordaunt joins Johnson in withdrawing

Conservative members will not have a say after former chancellor’s two leadership rivals pull out

Rishi Sunak to be UK PM – live news updates

Rishi Sunak has become the new Conservative leader and will be prime minister after Penny Mordaunt followed Boris Johnson in withdrawing from the running, minutes before the party was due to announce how many MPs had backed each candidate.

In an apparent acknowledgment that she had not reached the necessary 100 MP threshold to progress, two minutes before the nomination process closed at 2pm, Mordaunt tweeted that she had pulled out, and that Sunak had her “full support”.

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