Rishi Sunak is on the verge of becoming Prime Minister as Penny Mordaunt struggles to garner the required support from MPs
could be named as the new PM as early as 2.15pm, having reached the required support threshold of 100 MPs that his rival Ms Mordaunt is yet to hit.
Mr Sunak would be the country's first non-white premier, and, at 42, the youngest since the Napoleonic Wars. In a statement he insisted he had the backing of 102 nominations including a proposer and a seconder, and said there "is a good chance I would be successful in the election with Conservative Party members".
The slimmed-down Tory leadership contest was triggered when Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation just 45 days into the job.
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