Mr Trickett, Labour’s general election co-ordinator and an ally of leader Jeremy Corbyn, said it was “crucial” to have a “democratically elected prime minister” and he was putting the party on “general election footing”.
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May will immediately face questions on when she plans to trigger Article 50 – the formal procedure for withdrawal from the European Union – which would set a two-year deadline for completing exit negotiations.
“I am honoured and humbled to have been chosen by the Conservative party to become its leader”.
British Prime Minister David Cameron prepares to address the media outside 10 Downing Street in London on July 11, 2016, where he announced that Theresa May would be Britain’s new leader.
An early supporter of May, Hammond, 60, is seen as a steady if unspectacular safe pair of hands.Although he is seen as a eurosceptic, he backed the “Remain” campaign in last month’s referendum which ended in a shock vote for Britain to leave the EU.
But it seems bookmakers are not entirely convinced.
Cameron announced he would step down after leading the failed campaign for Britain to remain in the European Union in the June 23 referendum.
She will clearly have to give senior positions to those that supported the successful Brexit campaigns, while also bringing in those who voted to remain, in an effort to head up a cabinet of unity.
Mr Cameron announced his intention to resign as prime minister on 24 June, after finding himself on the losing side of the European Union referendum, with the United Kingdom voting by 52% to 48% in favour of leaving.
May joins German Chancellor Angela Merkel as the leader of one of Europe’s biggest nations.
Cameron will answer questions from members of Parliament in the House of Commons on Wednesday before offering his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
The Queen will then invite May over and invite her to form a new government.
“We will have hard negotiations with Britain, it will not be easy”, Merkel told conservative supporters in eastern Germany on Monday.
Theresa May, who will be formally confirmed as Britain’s 76th Prime Minister on Wednesday, is the daughter of a Church of England vicar and has been often compared with Margaret Thatcher.
A focus on India was often mentioned by former Labour governments led by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, but it was Cameron who took relations to a new level, which included lifting in 2013 a decade-long boycott of Gujarat under Narendra Modi after the 2002 riots.
She will also want to appoint a tough operator to succeed her as Home Secretary, with Defence Secretary Michael Fallon and her leadership campaign chief Chris Grayling the leading candidates.
David Cameron will leave Downing Street for the final time as PM later, with Theresa May waiting to replace him.
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“Under my leadership, the Conservative Party will put itself completely, absolutely, unequivocally, at the service of ordinary working people … we will make Britain a country that works for everyone”, she said.
