{"id":230538,"date":"2016-07-13T05:59:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T05:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=230538"},"modified":"2016-07-13T05:59:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T05:59:59","slug":"cameron-prepares-to-hand-over-to-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=230538","title":{"rendered":"Cameron prepares to hand over to May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">David Cameron will leave Downing Street for the final time as PM later, with Theresa May waiting to replace him.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Cameron will face his last Prime Minister&#8217;s Questions in the Commons, before heading to Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation to the Queen.<\/p>\n<p>He told the Daily Telegraph: &#8220;As I leave today, I hope that people will see a stronger country. It has been a privilege to serve the country I love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After taking office, Mrs May will set about naming her own frontbench team.<\/p>\n<p>The current home secretary, 59, was the only remaining candidate in the Conservative leadership contest following Andrea Leadsom&#8217;s withdrawal on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Thriving economy&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The contest began when Mr Cameron, who has been prime minister since 2010, announced he would step down after losing the EU referendum in June.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Cameron told the Telegraph: &#8220;I came into Downing Street to confront our problems as a country and lead people through difficult decisions so that together we could reach better times.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As I leave today, I hope that people will see a stronger country, a thriving economy, and more chances to get on in life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/F6DC\/production\/_90369136_ed5906f1-a5a8-4ef5-8f43-a204cee0173b.jpg\" alt=\"Theresa May\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/>Theresa May will become the UK&#8217;s second female prime minister<\/p>\n<p>At midday Mr Cameron, who has said he plans to continue as MP for Witney in Oxfordshire, will face Prime Minister&#8217;s Questions for the 182nd and final time as PM &#8211; his 319th in total as Tory leader.<\/p>\n<p>Later, after the PM has tendered his resignation to the Queen, Mrs May will have her own visit to Buckingham Palace, when she will accept the monarch&#8217;s offer to form a new government.<\/p>\n<p>She will return to No 10 as the country&#8217;s second female prime minister, following in the footsteps of Margaret Thatcher.<\/p>\n<p>Factfile<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">David Cameron held office for six years, 62 days<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">This makes him the UK&#8217;s 22nd longest-serving prime minister<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Aged 49, he will be the youngest PM to leave office since the Earl of Roseberry in 1895<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Theresa May becomes the oldest incoming prime minister since Jim Callaghan in 1976<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"story-body__line\" \/>\n<p>Removal vans were spotted outside Downing Street on Tuesday, as Mr Cameron&#8217;s ministers paid tribute to him in his final cabinet meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was a feeling across the cabinet of great pride at what David Cameron has achieved over the last six years, sadness that it has ended, in a way, perhaps much quicker than people thought,&#8221; said Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.<\/p>\n<p>The swift transition of power comes after the expected nine-week leadership campaign was truncated to just a couple of days by leading Brexit campaigner Andrea Leadsom&#8217;s surprise withdrawal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/12FE4\/production\/_90369777_034032229-1.jpg\" alt=\"Removal van arriving at Downing Street\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/>A\u00a0removal van was seen arriving in Downing Street on Tuesday<\/span><\/figure>\n<p>Mrs May, who backed a vote to remain in the EU, is expected to announce her ministerial team shortly after taking charge.<\/p>\n<p>She is expected to appoint a minister in charge of leading the Brexit negotiations, while Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has been tipped to take over as chancellor from George Osborne.<\/p>\n<p>She is also expected to promote a number of women to senior positions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Cameron will leave Downing Street for the final time as PM later, with Theresa May waiting to replace him. 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