British Prime Minister Theresa May told her MPs on Wednesday she expects to step down before the next scheduled election in 2022, as she fought an immediate attempt to unseat her over her handling of Brexit by warning it could derail the process.
May offered the concession to members of her Conservative party ahead of a confidence vote triggered by hardliners who hate the divorce deal she agreed with the EU last month.
"It is not her intention to lead the party in the 2022 general election," Solicitor General Robert Buckland told the BBC after the meeting.
"Quite rightly she is focusing on the here and now and the need for Brexit to be delivered."
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