{"id":23,"date":"2022-10-24T13:33:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T13:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/2022\/10\/24\/rishi-sunak-set-to-become-first-british-asian-pm-as-penny-mordaunt-bows-out\/"},"modified":"2022-10-24T13:33:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T13:33:50","slug":"rishi-sunak-set-to-become-first-british-asian-pm-as-penny-mordaunt-bows-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/rishi-sunak-set-to-become-first-british-asian-pm-as-penny-mordaunt-bows-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak set to become first British Asian PM as Penny Mordaunt bows out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rishi Sunak set to become first British Asian PM as Penny Mordaunt bows out<\/p>\n

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By Joshua Nevett<\/div>\n
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Rishi Sunak will become the UK’s first British Asian prime minister after his only remaining rival pulled out of the Tory leadership contest.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Almost 200 Conservative MPs publicly backed the former chancellor ahead of the nomination deadline on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt dropped out after failing to secure enough support among MPs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It means Mr Sunak will succeed Liz Truss to become the youngest PM for more than 200 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The new PM is expected to take office within the next few days now the result of the Tory leadership contest has been confirmed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Sunak is due to make a speech to MPs after the result was announced by Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench Tory MPs, at 14:00 BST on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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