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Tory leadership race: Kemi Badenoch eliminated as Rishi Sunak tops poll of MPs – as it happened

The next leader will need to tackle mounting challenges: inflation and the cost of living crisis, war in Ukraine and its economic fallout, and the still-loose ends of Brexit.

espite last week saying the prime minister was not aware of “specific” allegations, No 10 conceded that Johnson had known of concerns about Pincher that were “either resolved or did not proceed to a formal complaint”.