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Mr Johnson will remain in the role until a successor is in place, expected to be by October’s Conservative Party conference.

Boris Johnson, the now outgoing prime minister of the United Kingdom, had wanted to follow in the footsteps of his idol Winston Churchill and be remembered as a leader of consequence. He aspired to greatness and desired to stay in office longer than the 11 years enjoyed by Conservative icon…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on a trip to Africa that he was 'actively thinking about the third term' - and even a by-election catastrophe couldn't remove his delusion

Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher once wrote to Mordaunt following an election loss in 2005

He was elected in a landslide, got Brexit done and led the vaccine rollout, but accusations of impropriety – and his myriad weaknesses – proved his undoing. By Joe Murphy

The journal of Britain’s last governor makes for candid reading, supplemented by a polemical essay on Hong Kong 25 years on

Here are some of the possible frontrunners to take Boris Johnson’s place at the helm of the Conservative Party.

Boris Johnson said on Thursday he was resigning as Britain's prime minister, bowing to calls from ministerial colleagues and lawmakers in his Conservative Party.

One of the most colourful and charismatic politicians of his age, it is no surprise that Mr Johnson’s time in No 10 ended in ignominy.