The outgoing PM says she felt a "mixture of pride and disappointment" and that despite having to go earlier than she wanted, she had been the "right person" for the job
Johnson is vying with Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt to take over as prime minister from Theresa May
European Council President Donald Tusk said the bloc would remain "very precise and also patient"
Johnson, a leading figure in the 2016 referendum vote to leave, has said he will deliver on the result with or without a deal with Brussels
Early in 2019, many motor manufacturers had announced temporary shutdowns in April at their British plants, anticipating trade disruption around the time Britain was due to leave the European Union
Britain is mired in its deepest political crisis in decades over how, when and whether it should leave the EU - a decision that will fall to May's successor
Each has their own vision of how to fix Brexit, and their views are so divergent that whoever wins will struggle to unite the party around their approach
He urged Britain's government to follow his rule book in negotiating deals when it came to Brexit
Sterling fell for a third month against the dollar in May and touched its weakest level since January versus the euro on May 31 amid persistent market anxiety about Britain's political upheaval
I knew that delivering Brexit was not going to be simple or straightforward. The result in 2016 was decisive, but it was close
The opposition Labour Party said it wanted an election as soon as possible
It was expected that May will stay on in Downing Street as caretaker Prime Minister to oversee the state visit of US President Donald Trump, planned for early June
Many voters expressed frustration at May's failure to have taken Britain out of the European Union, almost three years after the country decided to leave in a referendum
The drawn-out saga of Britain's departure from the bloc was thrown into disarray by the UK Parliament's repeated rejection of the divorce deal negotiated by Prime Minister Theresa May
Britain is forced to contest the EU elections on May 23 as a result of the repeated defeat of the British PM's Brexit withdrawal agreement in the UK Parliament
The pound sterling has depreciated against more than 120 currencies since the referendum. The prospect of leaving the European Union has adversely affected sentiment for the British currency
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's credit rating remains at risk of a further downgrade despite the extended deadline for its departure from the European Union, ratings agencies S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings said on Friday.
The government and the main opposition Labour Party are also set to resume talks later Tuesday in an attempt to find agreement over Brexit
The pound has been one of the worst performing Group-of-10 currencies against the dollar and euro in the past month
The final figure is yet to be determined, both because of uncertainties over future developments - including of course the date when the UK actually leaves the EU