Theresa May resigns: The Tory leader will leave on June 7 (Image: SKY NEWS )
The Tory leader revealed she will depart from Number 10 on June 7 following a meeting with the 1922 Committee Chair Sir Graham Brady. She was left with no option but to resign after a Cabinet revolt over her latest Brexit plan and the delay of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB). She said:"It is and will always remain a matter of deep regret to me that I have not been able to deliver Brexit."
The race is now on for a new Tory leader and those tipped to replace her include Boris Johnson, Dominic Raab, Sajid Javid, Andrea Leadsom and Penny Mordaunt.
Theresa May’s leadership has been left in tatters following the reaction to her latest Brexit deal, which offered MPs a vote on whether to hold a second referendum and a choice which could leave the UK in a temporary customs union with the EU - both measures which are unacceptable to Tory Eurosceptics.
She will be leaving with her party fractured and the country still divided over Europe having arrived in Downing Street on July 13 2016 faced with the task of bringing
