THERESA May will stand down as Prime Minister on Friday, June 7.

A tearful Prime Minister said she had "done her best" to get her Withdrawal Agreement through Parliament and take the UK out of the European Union.

Speaking outside 10 Downing Street just after 10am, Mrs May said: "It is and will always remain a matter of deep regret to me that I have not been able to deliver Brexit."

At the end of her statement, she became tearful and said: "I will shortly leave the job that it has been the honour of my life to hold.

"The second female prime minister, but certainly not the last. I do so with no ill will, but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country I love."

The Conservative leadership race will officially begin on Monday, 10 June to find Mrs May's replacement.

Earlier this morning Helen Grant quit her role as Conservative vice chair to actively and openly support Dominic Rabb as next Tory party leader.

However Boris Johnson is the favourite to replace Mrs May.

After Mrs May's resignation, Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd tweeted: "The Prime Minister has shown great courage.

"She is a public servant who did all she could to bring Brexit to a resolution.

"Her sense of duty is something everyone should admire and aspire to."