Sunak to be next PM
Rishi Sunak is to become the next prime minister, after Penny Mordaunt pulled out.
Mordaunt pulled out just moments before the ballot was set to close.
With no other contenders, Sunak will become the next prime minister.
Sunak reached the required 100 nominations, it is not clear how many nominations Mordaunt got.
Sunak will be the first British-Asian prime minister and the youngest in over 100 years.
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