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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Abigail O'Leary & Ryan Merrifield

Former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch enters race to be the next Prime Minister

Kemi Badenoch has entered the race to be the next Prime Minister.

The MP resigned from her post as minister for equalities and levelling up communities on Wednesday during a whirlwind 48 hours in which dozens of Tory colleagues also stepped down from ministerial roles.

They were protesting against Boris Johnson's handling of the scandal surrounding the selection of Chris Pincher as deputy chief whip.

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