Rishi Sunak won the leadership race yesterday after Commons leader Penny Mordaunt bowed out at the eleventh hour, having failed to get the 100 nominations from Tory MPs required by the 2pm deadline.
Tories 'can't keep doling out PMs'Mr Sunak will become the country's first Hindu leader and the UK's youngest prime minister in modern political history - beating all his predecessors except William Pitt the Younger, who was just 24 when he took office in 1783.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Nadhim Zahawi said Mr Sunak becoming prime minister proves"the United Kingdom is a place where you can achieve amazing things".
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