The race to replace Liz Truss as Prime Minister is now firmly underway. Ms Truss became the UK's shortest-ever serving Prime Minister when she resigned on Thursday after a calamatious few weeks in power, saying it was clear she no longer had a mandate to deliver her agenda.
The race to succeed her will require someone to have the backing of 100 Tory MPs, with Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson and Penny Mordaunt the frontrunners. Nominations close on Monday before the decision could go back to Conservative party members to decide.
The whole process will be completed inside a week, party chiefs have promised, meaning by next Friday, October 28, the country will have a new PM.
