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,
that occasion, her last formal due to two days before her death. we saw borisjohnson a ten bar model to resign as prime minister and then liz truss to be invited to form a government. that was seven weeks ago and we will see the same choreography played out again in a very much more straightforward manner this morning, very much more straightforward mannerthis morning, in very much more straightforward manner this morning, in terms of the logistics, it will all take place here at buckingham palace. the cows are parted, there are some lovely autumn sunshine at the moment, and at 1030 after the cabinet session she is now chairing, liz truss will come to buckingham palace and tender her resignation to king charles, the first time he has presided over this transition of prime minister, and at about 11 o clock london time, rishi sunak will arrive and there will be an audience with the king, the king under the british constitution day
damage done in a relatively short period. damage done in a relatively short eriod. , , , period. absolutely, there will be able to conservative period. absolutely, there will be able to conservative citrine - period. absolutely, there will be | able to conservative citrine gloss over the last seven weeks and pretend it did not happen, but you speak to a lot of tory mps are speak to economists listen to economists and a lot of them will say liz truss has made rishi sunak sjob a lot harder. there will be that strange moment today where there is the physical handover of power where we see staff members come out here and go back to number 11 and disappear out the back door. go back to number“ and disappear out the back door. . . out the back door. some of them will not have out the back door. some of them will not have jobs out the back door. some of them will not have jobs any out the back door. some of them will not have jobs any more. - out the back door. some of them will
the moment rishi sunak became leader of his party. good afternoon. as returning officer in the leadership election, i can confirm that we have received one valid nomination. he will officially become prime minister later this morning. his nearest rival, penny mordaunt, was unable to get enough support from fellow mps to force a vote of the party membership. rishi sunak was ultimately unopposed. he will be the uk s first british asian prime minister, and its youngest for more than 200 years. it is the greatest privilege of my life to be able to serve the party i love and give back to the country i owe so much to. the united kingdom is a great country. but there is no doubt we face a profound economic challenge. we now need stability and unity,