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Theresa May will be replaced by Boris Johnson as Prime Minister

In a scathing attack to Theresa May following her emotional departure this afternoon before the brawling pair met the Queen, he said he will take “personal responsibility” for Britain and the change needed, adding “the buck stops here”. He also vowed not to pay the £39billion divorce bill if the EU fail to offer a deal, and pledged to put a further 20,000 more police officers on the streets. Mrs May infuriated Brexiteers for saying Britain would pay the £39billion to the EU regardless of whether they would offer us a deal.


She also made thousands of pounds worth of cuts as Home Secretary to the police forces. He said: “The British people have had enough of waiting.” He also pledged to provide better funding to social care and education.

Later today, he will begin forming his new Cabinet, which is expected to see several resignations and new appointments to the front benches. Those in line for the front benches could include Dominic Raab, Esther McVey and Andrea Leadsom, while he is reportedly deciding whether to recruit Jeremy Hunt, who is said to be resisting attempts to demote him from his Foreign Secretary role. Home Secretary Sajid Javid and Treasury Chief Liz Truss are being touted as possible replacements to replace Mr Hammond as Chancellor. WHO IS IN BORIS'S CABINET - GO TO CABINET LIVE HERE TO FIND OUT WHO IS IN AND OUT




5.20pm update: This live blog is moving to Cabinet LIVE HERE - for the latest on Boris's cabinet 5.18pm update: Damien Hinds quits Damien Hinds has quit his role as Education Secretary. He resigned his role less than an hour after Boris Johnson made his speech on the steps of No10, vowing to “restore public faith in democracy”. 5.17pm update: Chris Grayling quits Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has left his role following Boris Johnson taking office. The bunging politician once had his own hashtag - FailingGrayling - after costing the Government millions when a freight contact was put out to contract.

Boris Johnson is seen entering No10 in new footage

5.15pm update: Donald Tusk congratulates new PM - an hour after Boris vows not to pay £39b divorce bill in event of no deal Brexit Donald Tusk has congratulated Boris Johnson on becoming PM an hour after the blond leader of the Tory Party vowed not to pay the £39billion divorce bill if the EU fail to offer a deal. 5.05pm update: Liam Fox and Greg Clark resign Liam Fox has resigned as the International Trade Secretary. Greg Clark has also resigned. Mr Clark said: “I warmly congratulate Boris Johnson on becoming Prime Minister. He is right to appoint a new team for a new premiership and I wish him and them well for the vital work ahead.” 4.51pm update: Penny Mordaunt resigns Penny Mordaunt has reigned as Defence Secretary. She posted on Twitter: “I’m heading to the backbenches from where the PM will have my full support, as will my successors at @DefenceHQ & @WomenEqualities Thank you to everyone who’s helped me get things done, especially our Armed Forces and civilians in defence for the last 85 days. We achieved much.” 4.40pm update: New footage of Boris Johnson from the view of inside No10 New footage shows Boris Johnson entering No10 from the inside of Downing Street. He is seen in Sky News footage waving at the crowd following his speech before coming inside the famous black door and being greeted by rapturous applause. 4.20pm update: Labour discuss ‘nuclear option’ to bring down Boris Labour are in talks with the Remainer MPs who quit in the wake of Boris Johnson’s take over to plot a “nuclear option” to bring him down. Shadow International Trade Minister Barry Gordon said the part was seeking to work alongside Remainer MPs to bring him down ours before he took his place as the new PM. Asked by the BBC if some Tories were talking to Jeremy Corbyn he said “yes of course they are” but named no names.

Boris Johnson gave an epic first speech

Boris Johnson has vowed to not deliver the £39billion if the EU do not offer a deal

4.10pm update: Boris Johnson says "the people are our bosses" Boris Johnson vowed to act on behalf of the public, stating "the people are our bosses" in an epic first speech on the steps of No10. 4pm update: Boris vows to withhold £39billion in event of no deal Boris Johnson has vowed to not deliver the £39billion the EU is expecting from the UK, adding in the event of a no deal Brexit. He said it would provide “extra lubrication” to “liberate the UK”. He also said he was recruiting immediately for 20,000 new police officers in an additional attack on Theresa May, who cut numbers. 3.52pm update: Boris Johnson's first speech Boris Johnson made an epic speech tht saw him crack the whip immediately before he set foot inside No10. He slated Theresa May and said "the country has become a prisoner" to the EU under her leadership. He said he will take personal repsonsibility adding "the buck stops here". He said the UK will come out of the EU on Oct 31 "no ifs or buts". He said "the British people have had enough of waiting". 3.45pm update: Carrie Symonds sports pretty pink dress Boris Johnson's girlfriend Carrie Symonds was pictured in a stunning pink dress as she welcomed him to Downing Street.

Boris Johnson has officially been sworn in as the UK's new PM

Carrie looked stunning in a pink dress

Boris Johnson: Protestors try to stop Boris's car as he enters the Mall

Boris Johnson arrives to meet the Queen

3.36pm update: Boris Johnson rumoured to be getting ‘Vote Leave gang’ back for Cabinet Boris Johnson, officially now the new Prime Minister, is rumoured to be getting the ‘Vote Leave Gang’ back into his Cabinet, the Times reports. Sajid Javid is reported to be his new Chancellor, Dominic Raab the new Foreign Secretary and Michael Gove Conservative Deputy Leader. 3.30pm update: Buckingham Palace releases statement Buckingham Palace said in a statement: “The Right Honourable Theresa May MP had an Audience of The Queen this afternoon and rendered her resignation as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, which Her Majesty was graciously pleased to accept.” 3.15pm update: Johnson meeting the Queen Boris Johnson is now meeting the Queen when he will officially be appointed as Prime Minister. But his path to Buckingham Palace was partially blocked by demonstrators running onto the road in front of the car he was travelling in. 3.12pm update: Greenpeace protestors try to stop Boris's car entering the Mall Greenpeace protestors stopped Boris Johnson's car as he entered the Mall today to meet the Queen. The Greenpeace protestors said they wanted to deliver a message to the new PM. 3.10pm update: May resigns as Prime Minister Theresa May has met the Queen at Buckingham Palace and has resigned as Prime minister. It comes less than an hour after she gave an emotional speech outside 10 Downing Street.

Theresa May waves outside No 10 with husband Philip May

3pm update: May meeting the Queen Theresa May’s last duty is to tell the Queen which person has enough support to form the next Government - Boris Johnson. The meeting is being held in the Queen’s audience room in the monarch’s private apartments. 2.40pm May travelling to Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen Theresa May ends proceedings by standing on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street with her husband Philip, and waving to the crowds. She is now travelling to Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen and resign as Prime Minister. 2.38pm update: 'No limits to what you can achieve' Theresa May hopes she has inspired young females that they too can become Prime Minister. She says: "I hope every young girl who has seen a woman Prime Minister now knows for sure there are no limits to what they can achieve." 2.36pm update: Emotional May thanks the British people She says: "I also want to thank the British people. "Everyone who loves our great country, who works hard for their families and wants their children and grandchildren to enjoy greater opportunities than they did. "Thank you for putting your faith in me and giving me the chance to serve." 2.35pm update: May slaps down heckler in farewell speech Theresa May had the final word with a tedious Brexit protestor who interrupted her farewell speech. As she began thanking her husband outside No.10, a Remainer protestor could be heard roaring: “Stop Brexit.” With a smile, the outgoing Prime Minister replied: “I think the answer to that is, I think not!”

Theresa May's gave a last emotional speech outside 10 Downing Street

2.32pm update: May offers 'sincere thanks' in 'final words' The Prime Minister says: "My final words are of sincere thanks, to my colleagues in Government and Parliament, to everyone in the building behind me and across the civil service. "To the men and women of our Armed Forces and security services, and to the public servants in our schools, our NHS, our police and the other emergency services. "All are inspired by the noble wish to serve their country in the national interest." 2.31pm update: 'Greatest homour' to serve as PM Mrs May says: "To serve as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the greatest honour. "The heavy responsibilities are outweighed by the huge potential to serve your country, but you achieve nothing alone." 2.30pm update: Brexit is the immediate priority, says May Theresa May has started her resignation speech outside 10 Downing Street, and is quick to discuss Brexit. She says: "The immediate priority is to complete our exit from the European Union in a way that works for the whole of the United Kingdom. "With success, in that can come a new beginning for our country, a national renewal that can move us beyond the current impasse and to the bight future the British people deserve."

Theresa May clashed with Jeremy Corbyn in Prime Minister's questions for the final time

2.20pm update: Lidington latest to resign as Cabinet exodus continues David Lidington has now resigned from the Cabinet as the exodus continues. The deputy Prime Minister has become the latest to leave, following the earlier departures of Philip Hammond, Rory Stewart and David Gauke. All are heavily opposed to the no deal Brexit rhetoric from new Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The new Prime Minister has vowed to take Britain out of the EU by October 31 - with or without a deal. 1.35pm update: Hammond resigns as Remainers flee - Stewart and Gauke also quit Philip Hammond has led a Cabinet exodus by quitting as Chancellor. International Development Secretary Rory Stewart and Justice Secretary David Gauke have also resigned. All three prominent Cabinet members are strongly opposed to Boris Johnson's no deal Brexit plans.

Theresa May at PMQs

1.05pm update: May given standing ovation at the end of PMQs - but Corbyn doesn’t join in Tory MPs joined by the DUP and Liberal Democrats in giving the Prime Minister a standing ovation as she left the chamber. Some backbench Labour MPs applauded, but Jeremy Corbyn did not. 1.04pm update: Emotional May makes her final remarks in last PMQs She said: "We are living through extraordinary political times. This House of Commons is rightly at the centre of those events. "That's because of the vital link between every single member of this House and the communities, the Commons that we represent. "That's the bedrock of our parliamentary democracy and of our liberty. "And each of us, wherever we sit and whatever we stand for, can take pride in that." Her voice began to falter as she concluded: "That duty to my constituents will remain my greatest motivation."

The crowds gather ahead of Theresa May's final speech outside 10 Downing Street

1pm update: May promises to give Johnson her “full support” from the back benches The Prime Minister said: "My successor will continue to deliver the Conservative policies that have improved the lives of people up and down this country since we were elected into a coalition government in 2010. "There is a long list of improvements that have taken place in people's lives, and I look forward, on the back benches, to giving my full support to the next Prime Minister as he takes us forward, delivering on Brexit, and continuing to deliver on those Conservative policies.” 12.55pm update: May tells Corbyn to consider resigning In her final exchange with the Labour leader, Mrs May said: "It is the strength of our Britsh democracy that the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition have these exchanges across the despatch boxes every week at two-swords length. "No quarter is sought and none is given, and that is as it should be in our adversarial parliamentary democracy." Mrs May added: "One thing we both have in common is a commitment to our constituencies, I saw that after the terrorist in Finsbury Park Mosque in his constituency. "Perhaps I could just finish my exchange with him by saying this: As a party leader who has accepted when her time was up, perhaps the time is now for him to do the same?"

How the day of the Prime Minister will pan out