Theresa May agrees to set exit date
Theresa May has agreed with her backbench Members of Parliament to set a date to resign her premiership shortly after the fourth meaningful vote in early June.
Theresa May has agreed with her backbench Members of Parliament to set a date to resign her premiership shortly after the fourth meaningful vote in early June.
Theresa May has survived another attempt to oust from her role as Prime Minister, but her position remains precarious with support from her own party having declined substantially since March 2019.
Backbench MPs fail to reach an agreement on rule changes that will cancel the one year vote of confidence regulation allowing them to challenge Theresa May as her popularity falls and her Brexit policy stalls.
Conservative Party backbenchers hope to change the rules on leadership challenges so that they can oust Theresa May, following last December’s failed bid. Members in local associations are also resuming the battle to remove the party leader.