Cameron, according to BBC, will tender his resignation to the Queen soon after his weekly Prime Minister Questions in the parliament.
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She was appointed Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equality by Prime Minister David Cameron in 2010.
Speaking after it became apparent that Theresa May could replace David Cameron as soon as this week, Jeroen Dijsselbloem said the next British prime minister will have to “find solutions for the Brexit which has been causing a lot of problems particularly for the United Kingdom, but also for Europe”.
UPDATE – 12:15 p.m. ET: Sky News tweeted out video of Cameron’s announcement.
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said European Union negotiation, controlling immigration and managing the economy were “huge issues” that would challenge Mrs May’s desire for a “steady as she goes” approach. She pledged to form a strong, proven leadership to steer the country through what will be hard and uncertain economic and political times.
May, 59, will succeed David Cameron, who announced he was stepping down after Britons voted to quit the EU. She has said Britain needs time to work out its negotiating strategy and should not initiate formal divorce proceedings before the end of the year.
May will become Britain’s second female prime minister, after Margaret Thatcher.
The party’s governing National Executive Council is meeting Tuesday to rule on whether Corbyn should automatically be on the ballot in a leadership contest, or whether he needs to gather nominations from 51 lawmakers – something he would struggle to do.
Leadsom, the energy minister, said she did not believe she had sufficient support within the party to lead a strong and stable government.
May also noted the need “to negotiate the best deal for Britain in leaving the EU” in brief comments outside parliament.
In a weird twist, microphones caught the Prime Minister humming a happy tune to himself as he turned his back on life at the top and the fabled black door.
Andrea Leadsom said sorry to Theresa May, who has no children, amid the uproar touched off by her Times of London interview. And it doesn’t matter to me whether you’re Amazon, Google or Starbucks.
Leadsom later accused the newspaper of practicing “gutter journalism” and twisting her sentiments in the story, run under the headline “being a mother gives me edge on May- Leadsom”.
The only clue came in May’s praise of her leadership opponent, recognizing Leadsom for the dignity she had shown by stepping down. Her allies accused May supporters of attempting to undermine Leadsom.
His Conservatives have endured a bitter leadership race while the leader of the main opposition Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn, is also facing a challenge to his job.
Corbyn, out of favor with most of his own Labour MPs, has said he will stand in a leadership contest. He is refusing to resign and says he can win a leadership battle, which would be decided by a vote of party members.
Asked to contrast herself with Mrs May, she said: “I see myself as one, an optimist, and two, a member of a huge family and that’s important to me”.
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May, having so much support from MPs, and the economy needing certainty in the aftermath of the Brexit vote, it was better, said Leadsom, to have a rapid transition than a protracted leadership race.
