MAY CONFIRMS PLAN FOR DEPARTURE
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/05/16/brexit-latest-news-theresa-may-set-showdown-meeting-senior-tories/
Theresa May has confirmed she will announce a date for her departure next month – regardless of whether she has delivered Brexit or not.
The Prime Minister has agreed to meet with the executive of the 1922 committee, the powerful backbench committee of Tory MPs, at the beginning of June, when they will “agree a timetable for the election of a new leader”.
In a joint statement issued this afternoon, the committee and Mrs May announced that they will meet again in the week beginning 3 June, following the second reading of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill in the House of Commons.
It comes after Mrs May was told last night that she would face a vote of no confidence unless she agreed to set out a clear timetable for her departure.
Following a meeting with the executive members of the committee this afternoon, Mrs May has agreed to meet with the chairman Sir Graham Brady to discuss a succession plan.
The statement said: “The Prime Minister is determined to secure our departure from the European Union and is devoting her efforts to securing the 2nd reading of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill in the week commencing 3 June 2019 and the passage of that Bill and the consequence departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union by the summer.
“We have agreed that she and I will meet the following the 2nd reading of the Bill to agree a timetable for the election of a new leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party”.
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