Theresa May to be new UK PM on Wednesday: Cameron
British Prime Minister David Cameron says Theresa May will be Britain’s new head of government by Wednesday evening.
Cameron said on Monday that the Home Secretary will take office after he visits Queen Elizabeth to tender his resignation and recommend May as his successor.
"On Wednesday, I will attend the House of Commons for Prime Minister's Questions and then after that I expect to go to the palace and offer my resignation so we'll have a new prime minister in that building behind me by Wednesday evening," he said as he was addressing reporters outside No 10 Downing Street.
Cameron announced his resignation on June 24, a day after people in the UK voted to leave the EU. Cameron was among the senior politicians who supported the Remain campaign.
The announcement came hours after Andrea Leadsom quit the Tory leadership race and May consequently was left as the only contender standing for the position.
The 1922 committee of Tory MPs, that is responsible for overseeing the leadership race, is holding talks over formally declaring May as the party leader.
Leadsom, who supported Brexit, said a nine-week leadership campaign is “highly undesirable” for the UK at this crucial moment.
Cameron said Leadsom made the right decision to pull out of the race and that May “has the overwhelming support of the Conservative parliamentary party.”
“I am also delighted Theresa May will be the next Prime Minister. She is strong, she is competent, she is more than able to provide the leadership that our country is going to need in the years ahead and she will have my full support,” Cameron added.
May, who wanted the UK to remain in the EU, should begin the Brexit process soon after taking office.
Earlier on Monday, May rejected plans to remain in the EU despite people’s vote to leave the bloc.
"Brexit means Brexit. There will be no attempts to remain inside the EU, there will be no attempts to rejoin it by the back door, no second referendum,” she said.
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