Rishi Sunak. Photo: Collected
Rishi Sunak has left the prime minister’s residence and headed to Buckingham Palace to offer his resignation to King Charles III on Friday (05 July).
“This is a difficult day, but I leave this job honoured to have been prime minister of the best country in the world,” Sunak said in his final speech outside 10 Downing Street. Sunak said he had given the job his all.
Sunak conceded defeat earlier in the morning as vote counts confirmed exit polls that had projected a landslide defeat for his Conservatives to the Labour Party.
After Sunak resigns, Labour leader Keir Starmer will go to the palace to seek the king’s blessing to form a government.
After performing the “kissing of hands,” the new prime minister will head to his official residence, where he is expected to speak.
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