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
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