David Cameron to quit as UK Prime minister on Wednesday, Theresa to become new prime minister

UK: British prime minister, David Cameron has announced he will quit as UK's prime minister on Wednesday evening with Theresa May set to become the UK’s new prime minister.

Speaking outside 10 Downing Street on Monday, David Cameron said he would offer his resignation to the Queen Elizabeth on Wednesday afternoon at Buckingham Palace.

"Obviously, with these changes, we now don't need to have a prolonged period of transition. And so tomorrow I will chair my last Cabinet meeting. On Wednesday I will attend the House of Commons for Prime Minister's questions," Cameron tsaid.

"And then after that I expect to go to the palace and offer my resignation. So we will have a new prime minister in that building behind me by Wednesday evening."

Energy Minister, Andrea Leadsom, the only rival to Theresa May to succeed Cameron as Conservative leader pulled out of the race earlier on Monday following controversy over comments she made about motherhood and leadership.
In her statement, Ms Leadsom said she was doing so “in the interest of the country”, acknowledging she would not have enough support to form a stable government. 

Cameron welcomed Leadsom's decision to step down from the race and said he was confident May would guide the country in the right direction, calling her strong and competent, and offering her his full support.


Ms Leadsom had over the weekend intimated she would make a better leader because she had children and Mrs May didn’t but later sent Mrs May a personal message to apologise saying she had been under a lot of strain.

“The best interests of our country inspired me to stand for our leadership,” she said.

“I believe in leaving the EU a bright future awaits. The referendum result represented a clear desire for change. A nine-week leadership campaign at such a critical point for our country is highly undesirable.

“The interests of our country are best served from the immediate appointment of a Prime Minister with strong leadership ... I wish Theresa May the very best.”

Ms Leadsom’s  had questioned Mrs May's for the top job as too soon and her references to motherhood showed her inexperience.

“As a woman, as a mum, as a parent I thought it was a bit sad,” she said of Ms Leadsom’s remark.

“I know Angela to be an honourable person and I think that she misjudged it. In order to show what had influenced her as a politician she made the reference also to Theresa May which was a mistake.”

Reiterating her commitment to Brexit on Monday, Mrs May said;

''there would be “no attempts” to remain in the EU or to rejoin it “by the back door”.

“As prime minister, I will make sure we leave the European Union,” she said.

Mrs May said the Conservatives would be “completely, absolutely, unequivocally at the service of ordinary working people” under her leadership.

She pledged to create a democracy that “works for everyone so we can restore trust and confidence in our most important institutions”.