Rishi Sunak

Boris Johnson, who resigned as PM in July, is still mulling a run.

Incredibly, Truss also served during the reign of two monarchs–the first to do so [since Winston Churchill](https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/uk-news/liz-truss-becomes-the-first-uk-pm-to-have-served-two-monarchs-since-winston-churchill-articleshow.html). [14:00 BST on Monday](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-63361384); if only one candidate emerges with 100 nominations, a new prime minister could be announced late Monday. Oz’s Senate Campaign](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/10/dr-oz-dog-killing-pennsylvania-senate-race?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-101122)? [Gisele Bündchen’s New Chapter](https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2009/5/and-god-created-gisele?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-101122)(2009) [Marriage Problems](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/10/tom-brady-gisele-bundchen-10-year-old-marriage-problems-going-on-forever-divorce?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-101122)Are Reportedly “10 Years Old” That’s why I’m standing to be your next Prime Minister of the Conservative Party.” He added that he aims to “fix our economy, unite our party, and deliver for our country.” [Best Horror Movies](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/10/best-horror-movies?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-101122)to Keep You Up at Night He made a statement on Twitter: “The choice our Party makes now will decide whether the next generation of British people will have more opportunities than the last. [Lizzo Is Here to Talk About All of It](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/10/lizzo-is-here-to-talk-about-all-of-it?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-101122)—That Flute, That Lyric, Her Man, and More [series of resignations in her cabinet, skyrocketing inflation, and widening party divides.](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/10/liz-truss-britain-another-prime-minister-resignation-boris-johnson) “ [I cannot deliver the mandate](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/10/liz-trusss-uk-prime-minister-resigns) on which I was elected by the Conservative Party,” Truss said on Thursday. [originates](https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1584114970723512321) from. [Sunak came before he confirmed](https://www.reuters.com/article/britain-politics-sunak-idAFKBN2RI05E) on Sunday that he [was officially running for](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sunak-leads-in-race-for-uk-leader-johnson-yet-to-declare/2022/10/23/f91c339a-52bc-11ed-ac8b-08bbfab1c5a5_story.html) prime minister.

Britain's former finance minister made it to the final round in the race to succeed Boris Johnson before losing to Liz Truss in September.

And some critics, like former Conservative Party leader [Iain Duncan Smith](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/17/sir-ian-duncan-smith-rishi-sunak-blame-high-inflation/), have noted that the U.K.’s record-high levels of inflation began during Sunak’s time as chancellor. Like his boss, Sunak was [fined by London’s Metropolitan Police](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/12/partygate-fines-downing-street/?itid=lk_inline_manual_14&itid=lk_inline_manual_21&itid=lk_inline_manual_43&itid=lk_inline_manual_37) while in office for attending gatherings at 10 Downing Street while Britons were under severe government-imposed [coronavirus](https://www.washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/?itid=lk_inline_manual_43&itid=lk_inline_manual_37) lockdown restrictions. One of the wealthiest British politicians, he is married to the Indian tech heiress Akshata Murthy, whose tax status caused Sunak some political A relative unknown before his promotion in 2020 to be Johnson’s finance minister, Sunak has since developed a reputation for attention to fiscal detail and taking a pragmatic approach to managing the country’s finances, an image he established by steering the country through the economic chaos unleashed by the coronavirus pandemic. That person, for me, is Rishi Sunak,” she wrote in the Sunak loyalists also pointed out that during the leadership contest against Truss this summer, his candidacy received the most support from his parliamentary colleagues. Sunday’s announcement made Sunak the first — and, so far, the only — formally declared candidate to have collected the 100 nominations from fellow lawmakers required by 2 p.m. It is the second time in less than four months that Sunak, 42, has vied for the role. In a He was born in Southampton, England, to parents of Indian origin who emigrated from East Africa. If ultimately victorious, Sunak would become the country’s first prime minister of A fast-paced leadership contest in Britain is an unpredictable sport.

Sunak has the backing of at least 124 Conservative lawmakers, according to unofficial tallies compiled by British news organizations. That's well ahead of the ...

"What we can't do is have him as prime minister in circumstances where he's bound to implode, taking down the whole government ... [Steve Baker](/storiesByEntityId/624220a86880e45323ad5695/Steve Baker), a former backer of Johnson and an influential politician within the Conservative Party, warned a Johnson comeback would be a "guaranteed disaster." Supporters say he is a vote winner and has enough support from lawmakers, but many critics warn that another Johnson government would be catastrophic for the party and the country. If all three meet the threshold, lawmakers will vote to knock out one and then hold an indicative vote on the final two. On Sunday, he confirmed he was running again in the latest leadership contest. Sunak garnered the public support of over 100 Tory lawmakers to forge ahead of his two main rivals: former [Prime Minister](/storiesByEntityId/6239c9f26880e453235a6e04/Prime Minister) [Boris Johnson](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boris-johnson-returns-uk-rumors-he-will-run-british-prime-minister/) and ex-Cabinet minister [Penny Mordaunt](/storiesByEntityId/62d5b48dbc7c815c798754ed/Penny Mordaunt).

Former PM Johnson says “this is simply not the right time” to bid for a return to 10 Downing Street.

In his statement Sunday evening, Johnson claimed he did in fact have the numbers required, and that he was confident of winning sufficient support in the subsequent ballot of Tory grassroots members to put himself back in No. [Zahawi announced 29 minutes](https://twitter.com/nadhimzahawi/status/1584280847141638144) later that he was now backing Sunak instead. 10 — potentially giving him the chance of a comeback. Off to bed!” An hour later he, too, announced he was backing Sunak. Johnson had always made clear he hoped to one day return as prime minister after being ousted back in July. “Boris Johnson delivered Brexit and the great vaccine roll-out,” Sunak said. But most observers believe Sunak is now firmly on course for Downing Street, just seven astonishing weeks after he was roundly defeated by Truss in the last Tory leadership contest. “You can’t govern effectively unless you have a united party in Parliament,” Johnson said. But he said the urgent need for party unity meant he would pull out of the race instead. Senior figures including Chancellor Jeremy Hunt rowed in behind Sunak Sunday evening following Johnson’s departure from the race. prime minister as early as Monday after Boris Johnson sensationally abandoned hopes of a return to No. His decision leaves Sunak, his fierce rival and former chancellor, in pole position to take over as U.K.

The BBC has been keeping a running total of MPs who have gone on the record with support. The voting intentions of only 204 out of 357 Conservative MPs are ...

He said he was very confident Mr Sunak would stand, adding: "I think the critical issue here is going to be the economy. Pointing to the parliamentary probe facing Mr Johnson, Mr Raab told the BBC: "We cannot go backwards. She stressed the need to "make Brexit work", "focus on the potential of all our citizens" and "defend our Union and its territorial integrity". An ally of former home secretary Suella Braverman told the PA news agency she had been "heavily courted" by both Mr Johnson and Mr Sunak and was likely to decide who to back on Sunday. He told Sky News a large number of Conservative MPs would "refuse to lay down their integrity" in order to defend Mr Johnson on the issue. Mr Baker - an influential MP on the right of the party - said Mr Johnson would be a "guaranteed disaster", and specifically expressed concern

He also claimed he had secured 102 nominations from Conservative Party members — 100 nominations are needed to qualify for leadership — but BBC News had only ...

Supporters say he is a vote winner and has enough support from lawmakers, but many critics warn that another Johnson government would be catastrophic for the party and the country. "What we can't do is have him as prime minister in circumstances where he's bound to implode, taking down the whole government ... 10 and the country better," Zahawi said. The new leader is due to be selected by Friday. If all three meet the threshold, lawmakers will vote to knock out one and then hold an indicative vote on the final two. Baker noted that Johnson still faces an investigation into whether he lied to Parliament while in office about breaking his government's own coronavirus restrictions during parties at Downing Street. On Sunday, he confirmed he was running again in the latest leadership contest. "There will be integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level of the government I lead and I will work day in and day out to get the job done," Sunak said in a statement. Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg told the BBC on Sunday that he spoke with Johnson and "clearly he's going to stand" after flying back to London Saturday from a vacation in the Dominican Republic. [Boris Johnson](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boris-johnson-returns-uk-rumors-he-will-run-british-prime-minister/) said in a statement Sunday that he would not seek the leadership of the Conservative Party, leaving former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak as the frontrunner to take over after [Liz Truss](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/liz-truss-resigns-as-uk-prime-minister-today/) hastily announced her exit last week, after just 45 days at the helm. [BBC News](https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-politics-63327087), Johnson insisted in the statement "I believe I am well placed to deliver a Conservative victory in 2024." [runner-up after Truss](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/liz-truss-britain-prime-minister-cost-of-living-action/) in this summer's Tory leadership race to replace Johnson after he was forced out by a string of ethics scandals.

Britain's Conservative Party is once again picking its next leader who will become the next U.K. prime minister after Liz Truss resigned.

An election can be called early but it would require the support of Conservative lawmakers, which seems unlikely given that the party faces a near wipeout if an election was held today. Nadhim Zahawi, a former top minister in Johnson’s government, tweeted, “A day is a long time in politics …” Indeed, it was. As Tory lawmakers ready themselves for a vote on Monday, over who runs their party and therefore who runs Britain, the surrogates for Johnson and his chief rival, the former finance minister Sunak, were duking it out on the morning talk shows, the gossipy Westminster WhatsApp groups and rounds of phone-calling and arm-twisting. Rishi is the only candidate that fits the bill.” Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, reiterated his calls for a general election. The former home secretary Suella Braverman, who is also on the right of the party, came out for Sunak. He led our country through some of the toughest challenges we have ever faced, and then took on Putin and his barbaric war in Ukraine. Mordaunt will be hoping to pick up support from undeclared voters and Johnson backers, but already some of those have said they will be backing Sunak. In a statement, Johnson said he had enough support to proceed to a vote among Conservative Party lawmakers on Monday. You can’t govern effectively unless you have a united party in parliament,” he said. He is a centrist on the economy, who promises to balance the books and pay heed to the Bank of England and the bond market. Sunak is a graduate of Stanford University and a former employee of Goldman Sachs.

LONDON — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Sunday he will not run to lead the Conservative Party, ending a short-lived, high-profile ...

In his Sunday statement, Johnson insisted he was "well placed to deliver a Conservative victory" in the next national election, due by 2024. "Therefore I am afraid the best thing is that I do not allow my nomination to go forward and commit my support to whoever succeeds." Tory voters backed Truss over Sunak, but he was proved right when Truss' unfunded tax-cutting package triggered chaos in the markets in September. "What we can't do is have him as prime minister in circumstances where he's bound to implode, taking down the whole government ... The prospect of a return by Johnson had thrown the already divided Conservative Party into further turmoil. His withdrawal leaves former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak the strong favorite to become Britain's next prime minister — the third this year — at a time of political turmoil and severe economic challenges.

Boris Johnson has withdrawn from the race to be Conservative leader, leaving Rishi Sunak within touching distance of becoming prime minister. After senior ...

If Johnson had won, he warned that a political crisis would develop by the end of the week. He suggested the former prime minister would make an “amazing chairman” instead. I believe I have much to offer, but I am afraid that this is simply not the right time.” Labour questioned the appointment of a new prime minister while the country has heard nothing of their programme for government. Sunak is expected to sweep up many more Tory MPs on Monday morning given he has the momentum, but Mordaunt could win over any former Johnson supporters who want to stop him. Many MPs were concerned about the upcoming Perhaps it’s not surprising he’s avoiding scrutiny: after all, he was so bad that just a few weeks ago, he was trounced by Liz Truss.” [Rishi Sunak](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/rishi-sunak) without him saying a single word about how he would govern. “Rishi will be continuing to talk to colleagues tomorrow morning before nomination papers go in, and discussing how best to unite the party and take the country forward,” the campaign source said. She had only 30 public backers by Sunday night – 70 short of the number needed to get on the ballot paper. [Former shadow chancellor] Ed Balls, shadow cabinet ministers and Labour advisers have all said Penny is the candidate Keir Starmer fears the most.” You can’t govern effectively unless you have a united party in parliament.

Former British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday announced his run to replace Liz Truss as prime minister on the same day Boris Johnson he said won't ...

Do they want to continue with this utter chaos, or do they want stability under a Labour government?" "There is a choice to be made. Sunak resigned as Johnson's finance minister, which prompted others to quit and ultimately forced Johnson to resign. I want to fix our economy, unite our Party and deliver for our country." He was born in Southampton, England, to parents of Indian origin emigrated from East Africa. "That's why I am standing to be Leader of the Conservative Party and your next Prime Minister. Conservative Party's national membership favored Truss by 57.4% to 42.6%. We need a general election! [David Frost](https://www.upi.com/topic/David_Frost/), who negotiated Britain's Brexit deal and then was given a seat in the House of Lords by Johnson, said Saturday that it was time to "move on" from the former prime minister. In all there are 358 Conservative ministers. [CNN reported](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/23/world/boris-johnson-will-not-contest-conservative-party-int/index.html) that Johnson is expected to appear before the Commons Privileges Committee which is investigating, whether he misled Parliament over a series of parties at Downing Streetduring [COVID-19](https://www.upi.com/topic/COVID-19/) restrictions. [PA Media news agency](https://twitter.com/PA/status/1584274044555173889) that "this would simply not be the right thing to do" as "you can't govern effectively unless you have a united party in Parliament."

LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Sunday he will not run to lead the Conservative Party, ending a short-lived, ...

In his Sunday statement, Johnson insisted he was “well placed to deliver a Conservative victory” in the next national election, due by 2024. “Therefore I am afraid the best thing is that I do not allow my nomination to go forward and commit my support to whoever succeeds.” Tory voters backed Truss over Sunak, but he was proved right when Truss’ unfunded tax-cutting package triggered chaos in the markets in September. “What we can’t do is have him as prime minister in circumstances where he’s bound to implode, taking down the whole government ... His withdrawal leaves former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak the strong favorite to become Britain’s next prime minister — the third this year — at a time of political turmoil and severe economic challenges. The prospect of a return by Johnson had thrown the already divided Conservative Party into further turmoil.

Britain's former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak emerged Sunday as the clear front-runner to be the country's next prime minister, ...

ET) on Monday to secure the support of 100 Conservative Party lawmakers to enter the race to become the party – and the country’s – new leader. Mordaunt came third in the last leadership election, narrowly missing out on being put before the members. Mordaunt was the first to declare her candidacy on Friday. “There is a choice to be made. I want to fix our economy, unite our Party and deliver for our country. The party’s parliamentary majority ensures he will also become the country’s next prime minister.

Rishi Sunak took a huge step toward becoming the UK's next prime minister as former premier Boris Johnson pulled out of the contest after a weekend of ...

Boris Johnson 'delivered Brexit and great vaccine roll-out', says Rishi Sunak; Penny Mordaunt on 30 supporters as Sunak secures 165 ahead of 2 pm Monday ...

BBC political correspondent Nick Eardley points out that a lot of people will be paying attention to the last few words in Johnson’s statement last night. Contender Penny Mordaunt, who missed out on the last contest’s run-off by just eight votes, is now under pressure to concede rather than force the contest to a vote of members. She did not reveal anything about where her own bid stands, but this may signal that she is planning to get the backing of MPs who declared their support for Johnson: Angela Rayner, the deputy leader, said: “The Tories are about to hand the keys of the country to Rishi Sunak without him saying a single word about how he would govern. The person coming second (almost certainly Mordaunt) would be under pressure to withdraw at that point, although theoretically the decision could still go to a ballot of members, in which case we would not have a new PM until Friday. Former prime minister Boris Johnson has ended his bid to return to power within months of being ousted, claiming that although he had the numbers, he would not run to replace Liz Truss, who resigned as Conservative party leader on Thursday after just 45 days in office. That is the time when nominations close and Penny Mordaunt, the only other candidate still in the contest, is struggling to collect 100 names. It will be the first time since 1940 that a new PM has taken over for the second time since the previous general election. And it will be the first time since 1834 that the we’ve had three prime ministers in year. And it looks very, very likely that by the end of the day Rishi Sunak will be the next prime minister. I’m Andrew Sparrow, taking over from Helen Sullivan, on a morning when the UK wakes up to learn that one national icon is staging a comeback, but it’s David Tennant as Dr Who (see 6.44am), not Boris Johnson as prime minister. Diwali is a five day festival celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains across the world.

Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt are in the race to lead the U.K.'s Conservative Party and Britain, with a deadline of 2 p.m. local time for nominations.

local time to secure the endorsements of at least 100 of their party colleagues in Parliament (out of 357). Contenders to lead the ruling Conservative Party and the country face a deadline of 2 p.m. After former prime minister

Rishi Sunak looks set to become the next U.K. prime minister with results to be announced Monday afternoon.

Pressure had mounted for the short-lived leader to quit after her new finance policies flopped and caused market chaos. Gilt yields fall [Sterling](/quotes/GBP=/) rose and 10-year gilt yields fell to their lowest level in a month in early trade Monday, briefly hitting 3.814%, down 21 basis points for the session. Monday, by which point candidates need to have secured at least 100 nominations from fellow Tory lawmakers to stand as leader of the party. Sunak could be confirmed as the next leader of the Conservative Party and U.K. [Liz Truss announced her resignation](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/20/uk-prime-minister-liz-truss-resigns-after-failed-budget-and-market-turmoil.html) Thursday after just 44 days in the role. [a former defense minister](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/20/penny-mordaunt-the-navy-reservist-battling-to-succeed-boris-johnson.html), who came behind Sunak in the original contest to take charge of the Conservative Party in September. [current Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/17/uks-new-finance-minister-sets-out-.html) and former Finance Minister Sajid Javid, along with current Interior Minister Grant Shapps and his predecessors [Suella Braverman](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/19/uks-suella-braverman-to-reportedly-leave-role-as-interior-minister-.html) and Priti Patel. LONDON — Former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak looks set to become the next prime minister of the U.K., with votes to be counted Monday afternoon. [according ](https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnson-pulls-out-of-conservative-leadership-race-12728576) [t](https://news.sky.com/story/next-prime-minister-uk-latest-boris-johnson-rishi-sunak-truss-mordaunt-12593360) [o Sky News](https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnson-pulls-out-of-conservative-leadership-race-12728576), while Mordaunt is thought to have around 25, with 357 lawmakers eligible to vote. - Former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak looks set to become the next prime minister of the U.K., with votes to be counted Monday afternoon. [he dropped out of the race](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/23/former-uk-pm-boris-johnson-reportedly-pulls-out-of-leadership-race.html) late Sunday. - Former Defense Minister Penny Mordaunt is his only rival after former Prime Minister Boris Johnson pulled out of the race Sunday.

Candidates were vying for the support of Conservative lawmakers after Liz Truss resigned last week amid economic turmoil. Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor ...

Mr. Restoring Mr. But Mr. Truss, leaving Mr. Braverman’s parting shot illustrated the resistance from people on the right to what they see as the growing influence of the newly appointed chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, a moderate who voted against Brexit and was a supporter and ally of Mr. Supporters of Mr. That is far from clear, however, because Mr. Party leaders threw their support behind Mr. His leadership would be hard to stomach for some who opposed him, including the business secretary, Jacob Rees-Mogg, who once refused to deny reports that he had described Mr. Sunak as a better option to try to unify a divided party and put the chaos of the last few months — much of it caused by Mr. Johnson pulled out of the race on Sunday evening, ending a quixotic bid to reclaim a job that he lost three months ago amid a cascade of scandals. [Boris Johnson](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/23/world/europe/uk-prime-minister-race-sunak-johnson.html) pulled out of the race to succeed [Liz Truss](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/world/europe/liz-truss-resigns-conservative-party.html?searchResultPosition=4) on Sunday evening.

The former U.K. Treasury chief was runner-up to Liz Truss in the contest to replace the scandal-plagued Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and prime ...

"In the last five years, we've seen ethnic minority chancellors of the Exchequer, home secretaries, foreign secretaries at a remarkable pace. "Ethnic diversity has become a new normal at the top table of British politics," Katwala acknowledges. At 42, he'll also be the youngest prime minister in more than 200 years. — faces enormous economic challenges. Sunak's rise in British politics has been nothing short of meteoric. Sunak will be the first British Asian to become prime minister and the first nonwhite to take the top job.

Britain is selecting its fifth prime minister in six years. Four British leaders have resigned since the 2016 vote to leave the European Union.

11 Downing Street – the office and home of the Chancellor of the Exchequer – when finance minister was one of the proudest moments of his career. Truss was the fourth British prime minister to resign since the country's 2016 vote to leave the European Union. Sunak is a former banker and served as Chancellor of the Exchequer – finance minister – in Boris Johnson's government. [Johnson pulled out of the contest to replace Truss](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/10/23/boris-johnson-uk-prime-minister/10584721002/) late Sunday, after signaling for several days that he was mounting a dramatic return to Downing Street after his own resignation in July. He is Britain's first Hindu prime minister, and the country's first leader of color. British voters elect a party, not a specific leader, meaning the ruling party has latitude to change a prime minister without calling an election.

A popular former chancellor of the exchequer under Boris Johnson's premiership, Sunak will be the first nonwhite to take the top job and the youngest prime ...

"In the last five years, we've seen ethnic minority chancellors of the Exchequer, home secretaries, foreign secretaries at a remarkable pace. "Ethnic diversity has become a new normal at the top table of British politics," Katwala acknowledges. At 42, he'll also be the youngest prime minister in more than 200 years. — faces enormous economic challenges. Sunak's rise in British politics has been nothing short of meteoric. Sunak will be the first British Asian to become prime minister and the first nonwhite to take the top job.

El exjefe del Tesoro británico quedó por detrás de Liz Truss en la pugna por sustituir como primer ministro y líder del Partido Conservador a Boris Johnson, que ...

La indignación por esas fiestas en un momento en el que los británicos estaban obligados a quedarse en casa contribuyó a la caída de Johnson. Es un defensor de reducir el papel del Estado y los impuestos que admira a la ex primera ministra Margaret Thatcher, pero dedicó miles de millones del gobierno a mantener a flote a ciudadanos y negocios durante la pandemia. Cuando el bando a favor de la ruptura ganó de forma inesperada, la carrera de Sunak despegó. A su regreso a Gran Bretaña, Sunak fue elegido al Parlamento por la circunscripción tradicionalmente conservadora de Richmond, en Yorkshire, en 2015. El exjefe del Tesoro británico quedó por detrás de Liz Truss en la pugna por sustituir como primer ministro y líder del Partido Conservador a Boris Johnson, que estaba asediado por los escándalos. Creció en una familia de clase media -su padre era médico de familia y su madre farmacéutica- y dice que heredó su ética de trabajo duro.

LONDON (AP) — Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is set to become Britain's next prime minister after winning the Conservative leadership race Monday — and ...

In his Sunday statement, Johnson insisted he was “well placed to deliver a Conservative victory” in the next national election, due by 2024. The Conservative Party turmoil is fueling demands for a national election. The prospect of a return by Johnson had thrown the already divided Conservative Party into further turmoil. But he was far behind Sunak in support, and said he had concluded that “you can’t govern effectively unless you have a united party in Parliament.” Sunak lost out to Truss in the last Conservative election, but his party now appears eager for a safe pair of hands to tackle soaring energy and food prices and a looming recession. Truss executed a series of U-turns and replaced her Treasury chief but faced rebellion from lawmakers in her party that obliterated her authority.

Boris Johnson —que había dimitido como primer ministro el pasado julio— comunicó anoche su decisión de no aspirar otra vez al liderazgo de la formación por ...

Pero, según los medios, Mordaunt no cuenta hasta el momento con los respaldos suficientes. A menos que solo sea Sunak el que cuente con los apoyos suficientes, lo que automáticamente lo convertiría en el nuevo líder conservador, habrá una votación esta tarde entre los diputados conservadores para conocer el nivel de apoyo que los dos aspirantes —Sunak y Mordaunt— tienen en su formación. La otra candidata, Penny Mordaunt, no cuenta aún con los apoyos necesarios.

Just seven short weeks ago, it looked as if it might be all over for Rishi Sunak. Now he's going to succeed Liz Truss as the UK's leader.

The only comfort for Sunak is that he doesn’t have to call an election until January 2025. Johnson gave Sunak his first major government role, appointing him as chief secretary to the Treasury in 2019 and promoting him to chancellor in 2020. Johnson’s downfall followed months of revelations of parties held in 10 Downing Street while the rest of the country was under Covid lockdown restrictions. Sunak was an early critic of Truss’ economic plan, which was panned by investors, the International Monetary Fund and credit ratings agencies. His warning over the summer that Truss’ unfunded tax cuts could spark panic in the financial markets turned out to be true. But that stimulus came at a huge cost and left the government scrambling to find savings. (Unlike Truss, a remainer-turned hardline Brexiteer, Sunak voted for the UK to leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum.) Sunak himself made history in 2020 when he lit Diwali candles outside 11 Downing Street, the official residence of the UK chancellor. Sunak, whose parents came to the UK from East Africa in the 1960s, is of Indian descent. Sunak was the only leadership hopeful to secure the support of 100 Conservative members of parliament, the necessary threshold set by party officials for potential candidates. “The United Kingdom is a great country, but there is no doubt we face a profound economic challenge,” he added. Admitting defeat, he retreated to the parliamentary back benches.

Rishi Sunak gana la contienda para ser líder del Partido Conservador y se convertirá en el próximo primer ministro de Gran Bretaña, el tercero este año.

La posición de Sunak se fortaleció luego que el ex primer ministro Boris Johnson se retiró de la contienda. Rishi Sunak, exjefe del Tesoro, se convertirá en el próximo primer ministro de Gran Bretaña luego de ganar la contienda para ser líder del Partido Conservador el lunes. Sucederá a Liz Truss, quien renunció la semana pasada después de 45 días tumultuosos en el cargo, dejando una economía tambaleante y un partido conmocionado y divido.