Rishi Sunak becomes Conservative party leader and the UK’s next prime minister, following Liz Truss’s resignation after just 45 days in office.
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Sunak made his first statement outside of 10 Downing Street, not long after Liz Truss gave her final address as PM. He focused his statement on fixing problems made in recent weeks, promising to make ‘difficult decisions’ to tackle the cost of living crisis and economic instability.

Tory MPs have said Sunak will stick to the 2019 manifesto laid out under Boris Johnson. Sunak was declared leader of the party on Monday afternoon without a vote after Penny Mordaunt pulled out having failed to reach the threshold of 100 nominations from MPs.

Rishi Sunak becomes PM after meeting King Charles – live updates ► https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/oct/25/uk-politics-live-sunak-to-meet-king-charles-and-give-first-address-to-the-nation-as-pm

Rishi Sunak will stick to 2019 Tory party manifesto, says MP ► https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/25/rishi-sunak-2019-conservative-party-manifesto-tory-mp-victoria-atkins

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