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
and when the economic scene is so difficult domestically and internationally. and i regret not to have been successful in those arguments and, of course, it s painful not to be able to see through so many ideas and projects myself. but as we ve seen at westminster, the herd instinct is powerful when the herd moves, it moves, and my friends in politics, no one is remotely indispensable. our brilliant and darwinian system will produce another leader equally committed to taking this country forward through tough times notjust helping families to get through it but changing and improving the way we do things. cutting burdens on businesses and families and, yes, cutting taxes, because that is the way to generate the growth and the income we need to pay for great public services. and to that new leader, i say, whoever he or she may be,