LONDON (AP) — Rishi Sunak has won the race to be leader of the Conservative Party and will become Britain’s next prime minister — the third this year.
The former Treasury chief will be Britain’s first leader of color, and faces the task of stabilizing the party and country at a time of economic and political turbulence.
His only rival, Penny Mordaunt, conceded and withdrew on Monday.
As leader of the governing party, he will take over as prime minister from Liz Truss, who quit last week after 45 tumultuous days in office.
Victory in the Conservative leadership contest would be vindication for Sunak, who warned in the last campaign that Truss’ tax-cutting economic plans were reckless and would cause havoc. And so they did.
Rishi Sunak will now take over as prime minister at an extremely difficult moment for the economy.
We haven’t heard any detailed plans from him since the leadership campaign over the summer.
There will now be calls for him to provide clarity about how he intends to balance the books.
There will also be political pressure for a general election. Opposition parties want one and some Conservative MPs have said they think one is necessary now too.
But seven weeks after losing the Conservative leadership election, Rishi Sunak will now be handed the key to Downing Street.
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LONDON (AP) — Rishi Sunak has won the race to be leader of the Conservative Party and will become Britain’s next prime minister — the third this year.
The former Treasury chief will be Britain’s first leader of color, and faces the task of stabilizing the party and country at a time of economic and political turbulence.
His only rival, Penny Mordaunt, conceded and withdrew on Monday.
As leader of the governing party, he will take over as prime minister from Liz Truss, who quit last week after 45 tumultuous days in office.
Victory in the Conservative leadership contest would be vindication for Sunak, who warned in the last campaign that Truss’ tax-cutting economic plans were reckless and would cause havoc. And so they did.
Rishi Sunak will now take over as prime minister at an extremely difficult moment for the economy.
We haven’t heard any detailed plans from him since the leadership campaign over the summer.
There will now be calls for him to provide clarity about how he intends to balance the books.
There will also be political pressure for a general election. Opposition parties want one and some Conservative MPs have said they think one is necessary now too.
But seven weeks after losing the Conservative leadership election, Rishi Sunak will now be handed the key to Downing Street.
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