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Major blasts cabinet ministers including Tory leadership contenders for sticking by Johnson for so long

‘They were silent when they should have spoken out and then spoke out only when their silence became self-damaging’

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson's successor is set to be announced on September 5. So what happens until then?

Britain's new prime minister will be announced on September 5, with the first votes coming this week to begin eliminating candidates in a crowded contest to replace Boris Johnson.

ABC News

Tory leadership: Rishi Sunak to pledge tax cuts – but only once inflation is reined in

Former chancellor moves towards his fellow candidates but insists cuts would have to be justified

The Independent UK

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Boris Johnson could remain the UK's prime minister until October, but some in the Conservative Party want to push him out sooner

Here is what would need to change for Boris Johnson to be kicked out of the role of caretaker before a new leader is chosen, and how that could play out.

ABC News

Reckoning for Britain as Boris Johnson presses on with 'dormant leadership'

Britain is staring down the barrel of uncertainty as the Conservative party begins the laborious process of finding a new leader to replace Boris Johnson. He's staying on in a caretaker role until a suitable new prime minister is found. However that could take months leaving the country, and the…

Radio France Internationale

Top Tories resist moves to speed up replacing Boris Johnson as party leader

Senior Conservatives push for full contest involving party members

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson's Chequers wedding party plan branded 'crass' after months of scandal

Boris Johnson's allies say that devotion to duty is why he wants to stay on at No10 until a new Conservative leader is elected - but sources say he wants to hold a lavish wedding bash at Chequers

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Tories urge Boris Johnson to stand aside for caretaker prime minister

Senior figures are warning of a summer of “chaos” if the outgoing Prime Minister carries on until a new leader is elected.

The Independent UK

Tories fear Boris Johnson will disrupt smooth transfer of power

Analysis: with his exit dragged out, will outgoing PM fumble governing or make problems for successor?

The Guardian - UK

PM now has no authority for new things – Welsh Secretary

Sir Robert Buckland took up his post on Thursday, saying Boris Johnson’s decision to resign meant he was happy to ‘help and serve’.

The Independent UK

John Major urges 1922 Committee to remove Boris Johnson quickly

Former PM says it is ‘unwise, and may be unsustainable’ for Johnson to stay in office for up to three months

The Guardian - UK

‘Unwise and unsustainable’ for Boris Johnson to remain PM, warns Sir John Major

The former prime minister said Mr Johnson should not stay in No 10 while his successor is chosen.

The Independent UK

John Major says Boris Johnson must leave No10 as Tories blast PM's 'bitter' resignation speech

The former Prime Minister warned Mr Johnson still has the power to make decisions that will affect the lives of all Brits and 'some will argue his new Cabinet will restrain him'

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson must not be allowed to stay as caretaker PM, John Major tells 1922 Committee

‘Unwise and unsustainable’ for Johnson to stay over summer, says former Tory PM

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Evening Standard

Boris Johnson resigns: the rise and fall of a maverick sunk by sleaze and scandal

He was elected in a landslide, got Brexit done and led the vaccine rollout, but accusations of impropriety – and his myriad weaknesses – proved his undoing. By Joe Murphy

The Independent UK

From Churchill to Johnson: The Queen’s 14 prime ministers

Sir Winston Churchill, her first prime minister, is thought to be her favourite.

Al Jazeera

UK’s contaminated blood scandal inquiry: All you need to know

A blood treatment that infected 30,000 people with HIV and hepatitis C decades ago in the UK returns to the spotlight.

Evening Standard

Andy Burnham: Our Hillsborough law is our only hope to prevent a Covid inquiry cover-up

What hope can we have that the Covid Inquiry, which finally began this week, will deliver the truth at the first time of asking? It is certainly an inquiry which matters hugely to millions. But, if the circumstances of its launch are anything to go by, people are already entitled…

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The Guardian - UK

John Major’s ‘bad luck’ comment on infected blood scandal angers victims

Former prime minister tells inquiry no amount of money could compensate for what happened

Evening Standard

Infected Blood Inquiry: What is it and how to watch live as Rishi Sunak gives evidence

Everything you need to know about the impact of the Infected Blood Inquiry

Chronicle Live

'It was no accident' - Jesmond blood campaigner's fury after Sir John Major called scandal which killed husband 'bad luck'

Carol Grayson lost her husband and brother-in-law after they were infected with HIV in the NHS treatment scandal

The Independent UK

Infected blood victims had ‘incredibly bad luck’, Sir John Major tells inquiry

The infection of up to 30,000 people with HIV or hepatitis C from contaminated blood has been called the NHS’s biggest treatment disaster.

The Guardian - UK

I quit! The art of writing the great resignation letter

Oliver Dowden’s wounded farewell note last week was full of the kind of passive aggression found in classics of the genre

The Guardian - UK

Double defeat points to unwinding of Conservative Brexit coalition

Defeat for the Tories in two key byelections shows that tactical voting could put safe seats in play if replicated at a general election

The Independent UK

‘Industrial-scale’ tactical voting sparks calls for Labour-Lib Dem electoral pact

‘Don’t rest on your laurels’: Keir Starmer and Ed Davey urged to work together after by-election wins

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