Saturday, June 07, 2025 | 12:53 AM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson to quit as UK Prime Minister

Johnson's Downing Street office confirmed that he would make a statement to the country later

In this photo provided by UK Parliament, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London (Photo via AP/PTI)
premium

Boris Johnson spoke to Sir Graham Brady, the chair of the Conservative backbench 1992 Committee and agreed to step down from his position

Reuters London
Boris Johnson will announce his resignation as British prime minister on Thursday after he was abandoned by ministers and his Conservative Party's lawmakers who said he was no longer fit to govern.

With eight ministers, including two secretaries of state, resigning in the last two hours, an isolated and powerless Johnson was set to bow to the inevitable and declare he was stepping down later on Thursday, a source said. His Downing Street office confirmed that Johnson would make a statement to the country later.

After days of battling for his job, Johnson had been deserted by all but a handful of

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)