convened her final cabinet meeting afterjust seven weeks in office, making her the shortest serving prime minister in british history. i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i have therefore spoken to his majesty the king to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. this is the easy bit, they will appreciate the transition from one prime minister to the other. after that, in tough road lies ahead with rising inflation, rising bills and rising inflation, rising bills and rising interest rates. we will bring you more throughout another momentous day in british politics. do stay with us on bbc news. it has been a period of immense instability in british politics, the transitions between two prime ministers in a matter of months. a busy summer, a long contest to decide who would become the leader of the conservative party, the ruling party in the uk at the moment. they have been in office first with coalition partn
done come good in the end. not the first time they have had a successful local mp, his predecessor a less successful leader but a very successful foreign secretary, well known internationally. before that leon britton, home secretary in margaret thatcher s government, so richmond in north yorkshire has always done rather well out of its conservative mps. letsjoin ben in the lets join ben in the constituency. it s a little early for pulling the pints and popping the face, but it is a nice morning in the market square in richmond, rishi sunak s constituency, he has been the mp here since 2015. they have opened some nice tea room is a pause this morning. we ve had some figures that reflect the cost of living figures that will be at the top of the agenda. the office of national statistics has published figures, looking at 30 typical grocery items,