The former chancellor Rishi Sunak has been declared leader of the Conservative party after securing the public backing of more than half of Tory MPs.
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Leadership rival Penny Mordaunt withdrew from the race only minutes before the nominations deadline. Announcing the result, Sir Graham Brady, the chair of the 1922 Committee, said Sunak was going to address Tory MPs at 2.30pm in the Commons. This will be the first time Sunak has spoken in public since Liz Truss resigned.

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