May spoke outside 10 Downing Street shortly after she emerged from Buckingham Palace, having paid the requisite visit to the Queen to be invited to form a government.
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David Cameron formally tendered his resignation to the Queen earlier, which Buckingham Palace said Her Majesty had “graciously accepted” after his six years in power.
Cameron announced his resignation last month, following the UK’s shock referendum result to leave the EU.
He said May would provide “strong and stable leadership” and wished her luck in negotiations for Britain leave the European Union – the issue that caused his demise.
“We are living through an important moment in our country’s history”, May said after she officially became prime minister.
Although she favoured Britain remaining in Europe, Mrs May has repeatedly declared that “Brexit means Brexit” and that there can be no attempt to reverse the referendum outcome.
In her first remarks as prime minister, May said she wanted to build a better country that worked for all its citizens and would battle to keep the United Kingdom together. “And we will make Britain a country that works not for a privileged few but for everyone of us”. “And I have a photographic evidence to prove it”, David Cameron told MPs, as he duly held up a picture that also appeared on his Twitter account.
But as she looks to bridge the divide between those wanting to leave the European Union and those who wished to remain, May is also set to face her first Prime Ministerial discussions this evening with her big-hitting global counterparts. “Florence, you once tried to climb into one of them, and said, ‘Take me with you.’ From now on, no more boxes”.
The new Prime Minister has stressed the need to unite the country as it leaves the European Union and May has promised to “make Brexit a success” through a variety of measures.
Speaking as she arrived at the prime minister’s office at 10 Downing Street, May, who had served for six years as home secretary, sought to position herself firmly in the tradition of “one nation” Conservatism, stressing her commitment to helping the underprivileged and pledging to fight “burning injustice”.
Britain’s new prime minister Theresa May has vowed to lead a “one nation” government that works for all not just the “privileged few”.
10 Downing St., on Wednesday as Britain’s new prime minister, following a bittersweet exit by David Cameron that was tinged with humor and regret.
Writing on Twitter, South Wales East Mohammad Asghar said Mr Cameron would be “sadly missed” and it was “a true pleasure” to serve as a Conservative politician under his leadership.
She will announce her cabinet in the coming hours.
Mrs May later began appointing Cabinet members, with Philip Hammond – foreign secretary under Mr Cameron – becoming chancellor and Boris Johnson becoming the new foreign secretary.
Trying to reclaim his legacy from his Brexit miscalculation, Cameron said his government had cut the deficit, overseen economic growth and legalized same-sex marriage.
She is under pressure – both from pro-Brexit Conservatives and other European Union leaders – to start formal exit talks with the bloc.
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