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| Theresa May faces pressure after Andrea Leadsom resigns | Theresa May faces pressure after Andrea Leadsom resigns |
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| Theresa May is continuing to face pressure from her own MPs to resign after one of her senior ministers quit the cabinet. | Theresa May is continuing to face pressure from her own MPs to resign after one of her senior ministers quit the cabinet. |
| The Leader of the House, Andrea Leadsom, stepped down on Wednesday night over the PM's Brexit policy. | The Leader of the House, Andrea Leadsom, stepped down on Wednesday night over the PM's Brexit policy. |
| Several cabinet ministers have also told the BBC that the PM cannot stay in her post. | Several cabinet ministers have also told the BBC that the PM cannot stay in her post. |
| Mrs May said she was "sorry to lose someone of [Mrs Leadsom's] passion, drive and sincerity". | Mrs May said she was "sorry to lose someone of [Mrs Leadsom's] passion, drive and sincerity". |
| Speaking to reporters on Wednesday night, Mrs Leadsom said Mrs May's new Brexit plan had "elements I cannot support, that aren't Brexit". | Speaking to reporters on Wednesday night, Mrs Leadsom said Mrs May's new Brexit plan had "elements I cannot support, that aren't Brexit". |
| The minister had been due to appear in the Commons on Thursday to give a business statement to MPs. | The minister had been due to appear in the Commons on Thursday to give a business statement to MPs. |
| Mrs Leadsom was set to announce when the prime minister's Withdrawal Agreement Bill - the legislation needed to implement the agreement between the UK and EU on the terms of Brexit - would be introduced to Parliament. | Mrs Leadsom was set to announce when the prime minister's Withdrawal Agreement Bill - the legislation needed to implement the agreement between the UK and EU on the terms of Brexit - would be introduced to Parliament. |
| It is not clear who will take her place at the dispatch box. | |
| On Wednesday, members of the Conservatives' backbench 1922 Committee held a secret ballot on whether to change party rules, to allow the prime minister to face a vote of no confidence immediately. | |
| The results, in sealed envelopes, will be opened if Mrs May does not agree to stand down by 10 June. | |
| Mrs May survived a no-confidence vote of Conservative MPs in December. Under existing rules, she cannot be challenged again until December this year. |