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David Cameron to resign today, Theresa May to become UK PM David Cameron   will resign today and Britain will get its first female prime minister since Margaret Thatcher, as British Home Secretary   Theresa May   will take over the post. After failing to convince UK to remain in the European Union in a shocking referendum, Cameron had announced in June that he would step down by October, May's only remaining rival to replace Cameron -- Energy Minister   Andrea Leadsom   -- pulled out of the race following controversy over comments she made about motherhood and leadership. "Obviously, with these changes, we now don't need to have a prolonged period of transition. And so tomorrow I will chair my last cabinet meeting. On Wednesday I will attend the House of Commons for prime minister's questions. And then after that I expect to go to the palace and offer my resignation. So we will have a new prime minister in that building behind me by Wednesday evening...

Britain's Theresa May launches bid to succeed PM Cameron post Brexit Interior minister   Theresa May   vowed to unite   Britain   as she launched her bid to succeed   David Cameron   as prime minister with a letter to   The Times , the newspaper has reported. The Conservative leader resigned in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the European Union in a June 23 referendum that sent shockwaves through the continent. Like Cameron, May supported remaining in the bloc but played a low-key and conciliatory role in the campaign that has seen her tipped as a unifying figure. In her letter to   The Times , May announced a "mission to make Britain a country that works for everyone," according to the broadsheet yesterday. "If you're from an ordinary, working-class family, life is just much harder than many people in politics realise," May wrote. The appeal to working-class voters by the vicar's daughter was aimed at her main rival for the le...

Brexit: EU referendum voting gets undeway in UK Polling stations across the United Kingdom opened on Thursday morning to decide the historic   referendum   on whether the country should remain a member of the European Union   or leave the politico-economic union of 28 member states. The   voting   will take place between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. local time. The national referendum is the third in UK history and comes four months after battle for votes between the 'Leave' and 'Remain' campaigns. Prime Minister David Cameron criss-crossed the country in a final effort to warn Britain's voters against rejecting the   EU   in the historic poll yesterday. This decision will also read as a referendum on his premiership. Last night, he was joined by former prime ministers Gordon Brown and Sir John Major, the Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, and the Green MP Caroline Lucas, at events in Bristol and Birmingham, reports the   Guardian . The ...