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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…

Tony Blair chose a Labour club in north-east England to announce his departure while David Cameron said he had to go after Brexit poll

PM says he regrets not being able to ‘see through so many ideas and projects’

After taking over from Theresa May in 2019, Boris Johnson has resigned as leader of the Conservative Party. These are the frontrunners to take his place when he leaves 10 Downing Street.

He was the charismatic rogue who delivered the Conservatives their biggest majority since 1987. But now Boris Johnson's legacy will be defined by a series of political scandals that ultimately brought him undone.

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.