Theresa May is expected to announce the date of her departure from Downing Street on Friday morning, senior cabinet ministers have said. Since January, Parliament has rejected the withdrawal agreement Mrs May negotiated with the EU three times. Mrs May had planned to publish the Withdrawal Agreement Bill on Friday - the legislation required to bring the agreement into UK law - describing it as "one last chance" to deliver Brexit. Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers, was due to meet the prime minister on Friday morning. The prime minister had already pledged to set a timetable for a new leader to take over, once MPs have voted on the Withdrawal Agreement Bill.

Source: Daily Nation May 24, 2019 11:57 UTC