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Peter Davidson

Boris Johnson officially resigns as Prime Minister after months of scandal

Boris Johnson has announced he will quit as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after months of scandal battered his premiership.

It comes after days of chaos that saw a large number of minister resign and call for his head over his handling of the Chris Pincher crisis.

He will remain as Prime Minister until a successor is in place, expected to be by the time of the Conservative Party conference in October.

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