Angela Rayner has said Rishi Sunak’s appointment as the new leader of the Conservative party is ‘a coronation, not an election’ after it was announced that he will become the next prime minister. Leadership rival Penny Mordaunt withdrew from the race only minutes before the nominations deadline. Labour’s deputy leader called for a general election, saying the public deserves the chance to go to the polls to choose a new prime minister as the Conservatives have ‘no mandate’
Rishi Sunak to become first British PM of colour and also first Hindu at No 10
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