Boris Johnson to resign as Tory leader but hopes to stay as PM until autumn
by Rowena Mason, Jessica Elgot and Heather Stewart from World news | The Guardian on (#615B8)
Johnson facing intense pressure from Tory colleagues who say he has to go now
Boris Johnson is to resign as Conservative leader but will push to stay on as prime minister until the autumn, prompting a backlash from some Tory MPs who say he has to go now.
Johnson's decision came after an extraordinary standoff with his cabinet, which ended after Nadhim Zahawi, his new chancellor, told him to quit. By that point, more than 50 ministers had walked out, citing his mishandling of a string of scandals and failure of ethics.
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