Hundreds of people have gathered tonight to celebrate the first day of Diwali, as Rishi Sunak is about to become Prime Minister.
That is significant for some of the people here tonight as he himself is a practicing Hindu – back in November 2020 when he was Chancellor, and we were in the throws of lockdown and events like this could not take place, he lit candles outside number 11 to mark the start of the religious festival.
We’ve been finding out how the public are reacting to another dramatic day in Westminster.
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