Boris Johnson will today resign as prime minister as he finally bows to the pressure of swathes of government resignations, making a statement at 12.30pm.
A No 10 source said Mr Johnson had spoken to the chairman of the Conservative backbench 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady, and agreed to stand down, with a new Tory leader set to be in place by the party’s conference in October.
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But several MPs are calling for a caretaker prime minister to be brought in to stop Mr Johnson leading through the summer.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his party would bring forward a vote of no confidence against the PM “in the national interest” if Conservative MPs didn’t oust him straight away.
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