appointed a new cabinet, but sir keir starmer has said he must step down immediately or labour will try to bring a no confidence vote in parliament. he needs to go completely none of this nonsense about clinging on for a few months. he s inflicted lies, fraud and chaos in the country. we ll have all the latest reaction from here in westminster as well as from our correspondents and voters around the uk. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. borisjohnson has resigned as conservative leader. despite him saying only last night that he would stay in office, more cabinet level and minister resignations piled on the pressure, and around 9am this morning, the bbc learned that he would step down. but he would not step down as prime minister, he would stay on in office until autumn when a successor is chosen. within the last half hour, the prime minister made a statement outside downing street. let s hear what he said. in the last few days, i ve tried to persuade my co
crisis in modern times. as covid spread, the nhs came under enormous pressure. in a televised address, borisjohnson announced extraordinary restrictions to daily life. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction you must stay at home. the prime minister himself became seriously ill with covid. he was admitted to intensive care and spent three days in hospital. a key ally throughout this time was dominic cummings, his unconventional style aggravated many. sorry i m late. and within a year of the election victory, he d resigned after a bitter power struggle clashing with tory mps and the prime minister s wife. he soon went on the attack, becoming mrjohnson s fiercest and most damaging critic. he doesn t have a plan, he doesn t know how to be prime minister and we ve only got him in there because we had to solve a certain problem, not because we thought that he was the right person to be running the country. there were electoral losses too. th
eventually, mrjohnson decided the only option was a general election. get brexit done was the slogan at the heart of the conservative campaign it led to a decisive victory. dozens of labour mps were beaten in areas that the party had held for decades. we did it, we did it! we pulled it off, didn t we? borisjohnson returned as prime minister and this time brexit was assured. his personal life was changing too. during his second marriage, which lasted 25 years, he d had several affairs. he d been sacked as a conservative spokesman for lying about one of them. in spring 2020, he and his wife marina divorced. he later married carrie symonds, who d previously worked as a conservative party adviser and the couple had two children. for his new government, though, everything was put on hold when it was hit by the worst health
eventually, mrjohnson decided the only option was a general election. get brexit done was the slogan at the heart of the conservative campaign it led to a decisive victory. dozens of labour mps were beaten in areas that the party had held for decades. we did it, we did it! we pulled it off, didn t we? borisjohnson returned as prime minister and this time brexit was assured. his personal life was changing too. during his second marriage, which lasted 25 years, he d had several affairs. he d been sacked as a conservative spokesman for lying about one of them. in spring 2020, he and his wife marina divorced. he later married carrie symonds, who d previously worked as a conservative party adviser and the couple had two children. for his new government, though, everything was put on hold when it was hit by the worst health