Boris Johnson Resignation RECAP: Johnson resignation speech | PM statement blames 'herd' | Leadership contest
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The Prime Minster has announced he will step down from office.
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Boris Johnson Latest News LIVE: Pressure falls on the Prime Minister to step aside as number of resignations rise
Key Events
- Boris Johnson to resign, but remain caretaker until the autumn to allow a leadership contest.
- He is due to give a statement to the country today.
- Over 50 ministers have resigned over the last day after sexual assault allegations emerged involving the Deputy Chief Whip.
- Foreign Secretary Liz Truss cutting short trip to G20 meeting in Indonesia - will make statement
Just to help clarify - the below tweet is a letter from former PM John Major to the 1922 committee urging them to ensure Boris Johnson does not stay on as caretaker and leave office immediately. Extraordinary.
Jeremy Corbyn: “Johnson is the third PM to fall in six years because there is no solution to the deep economic and environmental crisis we face that picks our pockets and steals our future. Real change isn’t a new Tory PM but a new politics to redistribute wealth and power.”
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