Her announcement at Downing Street on Friday morning comes as the UK government is set to meet US president Donald Trump for his first state visit in the UK on 4 June.
UK prime minister Theresa May announced on Friday that she will resign from post at No 10, setting in motion fresh struggles for the government’s plans towards Brexit and how best to proceed, following the UK’s European Parliament elections on Thursday.
Theresa May’s announced resignation date of 7 June is expected to kick off a ‘Game of Thrones‘ over who will become the next prime minister, which will have begun long before she leaves office.
