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Theresa May has announced she is standing down as Prime Minister on 7 June following months of mounting pressure over her failure to deliver Brexit.
 Her voice cracking, the Prime Minister said it had been ‘the honour of my life’ to serve ‘the country that I love’.
 In an emotional speech, Mrs May said she had ‘done her best’ to deliver the result of the EU referendum.

 “It is and will always remain a matter of deep regret to me that I have not been able to deliver Brexit,” she said.

 “It will be for my successor to seek a way forward that honours the result of the referendum.“To succeed, he or she will have to find consensus in Parliament where I have not.”Mrs May will remain in post until a successor is chosen, which will be in mid-July, the Tory Party confirmed today.Jeremy Corbyn welcomed the resignation and demanded Theresa May’s successor call an immediate General Election to ‘let the people decide our country’s future’.Conservative MPs praised their leader for a ‘dignified’ speech.

 Boris Johnson, the favourite to take over as PM, said: “A very dignified statement from Theresa May. Thank you for your stoical service to our country and the Conservative Party. It is now time to follow her urgings: to come together and deliver Brexit.”

 Andrea Leadsom, who quit the cabinet this week, said: “A very dignified speech by Theresa May. An illustration of her total commitment to country and duty.”