appointed a new cabinet, but sir keir starmer has said he must step down immediately or labour will try to bring a no confidence vote in parliament. he needs to go completely none of this nonsense about clinging on for a few months. he s inflicted lies, fraud and chaos in the country. we ll have all the latest reaction from here in westminster as well as from our correspondents and voters around the uk. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. borisjohnson has resigned as conservative leader. despite him saying only last night that he would stay in office, more cabinet level and minister resignations piled on the pressure, and around 9am this morning, the bbc learned that he would step down. but he would not step down as prime minister, he would stay on in office until autumn when a successor is chosen. within the last half hour, the prime minister made a statement outside downing street. let s hear what he said. in the last few days, i ve tried to persuade my co
Drakeford. he said the uk needed a stable government so this was the right thing to do. it has also been welcomed by welsh conservatives, at least those willing to speak to members of the press. it s been a very fast turn over in less than 2a hours. the welsh secretary simon hart was until late last night seen as a borisjohnson royalist but he triggered a second wave of cabinet resignations last night. he has been replaced by robert buckland, is a man who was sacked by borisjohnson last year as the justice secretary. although he was born in wales and worked in wales as a lawyer, he is not a welsh mp. ordinarily that might ruffle some feathers but i think may see him as a bit of a caretaker in that position. the leader of the welsh conservatives, again a big fan of borisjohnson until very recently, has been in praising his legacy. out of that within the 2090 general election, winning seats like wrexham and bridgend, taking them from the hands