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Rishi Sunak, the former British Treasury chief who won the race to be leader of the Conservative Party and is likely to become the country’s next prime minister, is getting cheers from an unlikely place: India, its former colony

When Rishi Sunak lost to Liz Truss in the first Conservative Party leadership race of 2022, few were surprised. Many of the people given the chance to choose between the two candidates blamed Sunak for Boris Johnson’s downfall. They also preferred Truss’s “optimistic” economic policies to Sunak’s sombre assessment of…

Mr Sunak was seen greeting just about everyone on the street - apart from the former Health Secretary

A live TV broadcast of MPs speaking about new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was interrupted by Commons security after a protest erupted in Parliament’s Central Lobby.

The incoming Prime Minister praised Liz Truss's 'dignity and grace' in a 184-word statement before pausing at the end, then awkwardly sidling off stage

So here it is, merry Diwali. Yesterday’s storm clouds have shifted in time for the light to filter through today, bringing with it a flurry of headlines. After a 45-day false start, and lightning quick backdowns from contenders Boris Johnson and Penny Mordaunt, Rishi Sunak is our next Prime Minister.

Northern Ireland’s political leaders have been reacting to the news that the former chancellor is to be the next PM.

New PM and wife worth a reported £730m

While the region's Conservatives have called for unity, Labour continues to demand a general election

New Tory leader tells MPs he wants ‘space and the time’ to win over public

He will become the next prime minister after Penny Mordaunt failed to win the support of Conservative MPs.