Rishi Sunak is Britain’s new prime minister after securing the support of the vast majority of the Conservative parliamentary party and seeing off a challenge from Penny Mordaunt.
Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee, made the announcement on Monday afternoon, moments after Ms Mordaunt had withdrawn and a matter of hours after Boris Johnson had drawn a line under his comeback bid, for which he returned early from a luxury holiday in the Caribbean.
