LONDON, AFP: British politician   was Monday elected Conservative Leader and will become the next Prime Minister, after rival Penny Mordaunt failed to secure the necessary 100 nominations from her fellow MPs.

“Rishi Sunak is therefore elected as leader of the Conservative Party,” senior backbencher Graham Brady said, as Mordaunt vowed her “full support” for the former Finance Minister.

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