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by Tom Freeman
11 July 2016
Theresa May will be Prime Minister by Wednesday night, David Cameron confirms

Theresa May will be Prime Minister by Wednesday night, David Cameron confirms

David Cameron - credit PA

David Cameron has announced he will step down after Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, to make way for his successor Theresa May.

May is the only remaining candidate in the Conservative leadership race after Andrea Leadsom stood down earlier. Cameron said there was “no longer” any need “for a long period of transition”.


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May will be in Downing Street by Wednesday evening, he said, after he has visited Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation.

“I’m also delighted Theresa May will be the next Prime Minister. She is strong, she is confident, she is more than able to provide the leadership our country is going to need in the years ahead, and she will have my full support,” he said.

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