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Profile: Rishi Sunak

23/07/2022

Rishi Sunak

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The former chancellor in the running to be the next prime minister.

As the Conservative Party prepares to elect a new leader, will the former chancellor make the step up to become prime minister?

Just seven years after first entering Parliament as Conservative MP for Richmond, North Yorkshire, Rishi Sunak is now one vote away from becoming Prime Minister. From replacing party grandee William Hague to managing the country’s finances through the coronavirus pandemic, Mark Coles follows his journey in British politics and talks to those who know him outside the political world of Westminster.

Presenter: Mark Coles
Production team: Sally Abrahams, Diane Richardson and Ben Cooper
Editor: Richard Vadon

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