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Follow here live for all the news coming out of Downing Street on Thursday.

The Prime Minster has announced he will step down from office.

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Boris Johnson Latest News LIVE: Pressure falls on the Prime Minister to step aside as number of resignations rise

Key Events

  • Boris Johnson to resign, but remain caretaker until the autumn to allow a leadership contest.
  • He is due to give a statement to the country today.
  • Over 50 ministers have resigned over the last day after sexual assault allegations emerged involving the Deputy Chief Whip.
  • Foreign Secretary Liz Truss cutting short trip to G20 meeting in Indonesia - will make statement

There are now questions about how much damage has been done to the Tory party over the last few days. Also - who will take over when he finally steps down?

The PM will remain as ‘caretaker’ until a new leader takes over.

News and updates have been flooding in over the last 24 hours as the PM’s government fell apart - here is everything you need to know.

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Number 10 have confirmed that the Prime Minister will be making a statement at some point today.

He will remain as Prime Minister until a successor is in place, expected to be by the time of the Conservative Party conference in October.

A No 10 source said Mr Johnson spoke to Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the Conservative 1922 Committee, to inform him of his decision.

“The Prime Minister has spoken to Graham Brady and agreed to stand down in time for a new leader to be in place by the conference in October,” a No 10 source said.

More reaction tweets from the SNP

Reaction from Sir Keir Starmer

Nicola Sturgeon has said there will be “widespread relief” that Boris Johnson is quitting as Prime Minister.

Scotland’s First Minister also questioned whether it was “sustainable” for him to remain in the role until the autumn.

She tweeted: “There will be a widespread sense of relief that the chaos of the last few days (indeed months) will come to an end, though notion of Boris Johnson staying on as PM until autumn seems far from ideal, and surely not sustainable?

“Boris Johnson was always manifestly unfit to be PM and the Tories should never have elected him leader or sustained him in office for as long as they have.

“But the problems run much deeper than one individual.

“The Westminster system is broken.”

Buckingham Palace declined to comment on whether the Queen has had any communication with Boris Johnson on Thursday morning.

The Queen is at Windsor Castle and the Court Circular recorded that she held her weekly audience by telephone with Mr Johnson on Wednesday evening.

There are now reports that the party might not be happy with the PM staying until the autumn, with rumours that Raab should take over through out the leadership election.

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There are also concerns that there are so many empty positions in government after all of the resignations, that the work won’t get done.

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