Conservatives

What’s next for Rishi Sunak? The new Tory leader’s first days

Mr Sunak will be appointed as the country’s next prime minister by the King on Tuesday.

The next prime minister will start assembling a top team that he will hope can return a measure of stability to the country.

Tory voters have described feeling as though their party ‘has been destroyed from within’.

Shares rose in London after a rollercoaster day.

He will become the UK’s first Hindu PM after his rival failed to get the support of 100 colleagues.

He became a member of parliament only seven years ago.

The former chancellor will become the first non-white prime minister, the first Hindu in the top job and also arguably the richest occupant of No 10.

The former chancellor rapidly won the public support of Tory MPs as rivals including Boris Johnson lagged behind.

The Commons Leader needs to get the support of 100 Tory MPs or Rishi Sunak will get a ‘coronation’ as PM.

One recent survey put Labour 39 points ahead of the Tories.