24 May 2019 | UK NEWS (BREAKING)
Theresa May has been meeting Graham Brady of the 1922 Committee this morning and is expected to announce her resignation immediately afterwards. This page will continue to be updated.
09.40 – Some movement through the door of Number 10, but no further news yet.
09.43 – Sound system being set up for PM speech, but no lectern yet. The BBC’s Norman Smith says PM will likely “dip below political horizon” and go back to her constituency after statement, while still nominally PM.
09.46 – In unrelated news, a Number 10 official has just emerged, picked up Larry the Cat and carried him back inside.
09.50 – The lectern has now emerged.
10.05 – The PM emerges.
10.07 – The PM confirms she will resign on Friday 7th June. The leadership contest to replace her will commence the week after.
10.11 – The PM concludes her speech in tears, saying “I will shortly leave the job that has been the honour of my life to hold. The second female PM, but certainly not the last. I do so with no ill-will, but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country I love”. Cheers of support are heard inside Number 10 as she walks back through the door.
