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Breaking: Rishi Sunak in pole position to become next UK PM

Rishi Sunak is the firm favourite to replace Liz Truss as PM and could do so by as early as this afternoon.

 

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It’s deadline day.

That means any Tory MP who fancies their chances at running the country after Liz Truss needs to get 100 of their colleagues to support them by 2pm.

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At the moment, that’s looking like Rishi Sunak, for sure, and maybe Penny Mordaunt.

Boris Johnson, as you may have heard, has given up on his attempt at a political comeback.

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