Rishi Sunak has been elected unopposed as leader of the Conservative Party and will be the UK’s next prime minister. Aged 42, he will also be the youngest to assume the office since the 2nd Earl of Liverpool in 1812. and the first from an ethnic minority since Benjamin Disraeli in 1874. Check out Katie Strick’s profile for much more.
It is a remarkable story and an astonishing comeback for a man who isn’t even in the cabinet, having resigned his post and lost the subsequent leadership contest to Liz Truss seven weeks ago. And it crowns a meteoric rise for a man who’s only been an MP since 2015.
