The famous feline, who began his job as “chief mouser” at 10 Downing Street in 2011, will remain at the official residence of Britain’s Prime Minister even though David Cameron is leaving the post, according to BBC News.
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The pound has rallied against the dollar in the wake of the news that May would become prime minister, bringing a measure of political stability sooner than expected.
She added: “It would be an abdication of responsibility if the incoming Prime Minister did not immediately halt the reorganisation and job losses at BIS”.
Pro-Brexit campaigners told voters they would be able to stop the free movement of European Union citizens into Britain while also keeping access to the EU’s single market, an incompatible proposition that May also said is her priority.
In his final Prime Minister’s Questions at Parliament, outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron opened Wednesday with the quip that apart from one meeting in the afternoon with the Queen, my diary is remarkably light.
David Cameron has spoken about his love for the Duchy on many occasions – once telling a packed House of Commons: “There is, as far as I’m concerned, nothing finer than getting out of London and getting down to Cornwall – and no better place than Polzeath beach when the sun is setting and the waves are big”.
Ministers – including May – gathered for Cameron’s 215th and final weekly Cabinet session Tuesday, the day after she was confirmed as the Conservative leader and prime minister-in-waiting.
Cameron, 49, resigned after voters rejected his advice and made a decision to leave the European Union.
May, who has been interior minister for six years and is seen by her supporters as a safe pair of hands to steer Britain through the disruptive process of leaving the European Union, will become Britain’s second woman prime minister, after Margaret Thatcher.
He sought to deflect that criticism in an interview with the Daily Telegraph on Wednesday, saying: “As I leave, I hope people will see a stronger country, a thriving economy and more chances to get on in life”.
She then moves into Number 10; signs are that she will start naming her key ministerial team by the evening.
Mrs May has given away little over her plans but is expected to take the opportunity to give the cabinet a fresh look and reward her supporters.
While Scotland voted to remain part of the United Kingdom in 2014, with 55% of people voting against independence, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has now said another independence referendum could be on the table following Brexit. “Brexit means Brexit and we’re going to make a success of it”.
Labour’s embattled leader Jeremy Corbyn, who was accused of failing to persuade working-class voters to back European Union membership, is now also embroiled in a bitter leadership contest of his own.
A top priority for the new prime minister will be making sure Britain’s economy doesn’t fall into recession.
Once Cameron has met with Queen Elizabeth II, he will recommend that May be invited to form a government.
Former minister Angela Eagle launched a leadership bid against him on Monday, and on Wednesday fellow Labour lawmaker Owen Smith also threw his hat in the ring.
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale said: “It was emotional, then we had a period during which we could raise tributes to the extraordinary service the Prime Minister has given, led by George Osborne and Theresa May”.
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“As I once said, I was the future once”, Cameron noted, as his wife and children watched from the public gallery.
