Rishi Sunak is to become Britain’s 57th Prime Minister after both Boris Johnson and Penny Mordaunt pulled out of the race to be the next Tory leader.
He will be Britain’s first non-white Prime Minister and at the age of 42 the youngest since Lord Liverpool in 1812.
Former Prime Minister Mr Johnson withdrew from the race on Sunday night.
He was followed by Commons Leader Ms Mordaunt today, leaving Mr Sunak as the only candidate to have publicly secured the support of at least 100 MPs by 2pm needed to get on the ballot paper of two contenders to be put to party members.
