Prime Minister Boris Johnson will resign as leader of the Conservative Party, but will stay on until the Autumn as Prime Minister it has been reported.
A leadership contest will now follow with a new Prime Minister likely to be in place ahead of the Conservative’s October party conference.
The Prime Minister had come under intense pressure to resign after a number of resignations, including Welsh Secretary Simon Hart earlier this morning (7 July).
Leader of the Welsh Conservatives in the Senedd, Andrew RT Davies recognised his “friend” Boris Johnson’s achievements, including “getting Brexit done”, but said he no longer had the confidence of the party and was now unable to deliver on the party’s manifesto commitments.
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