Tory leadership race heats up with May set to name exit date

PM widely expected to set timetable for departure in Friday’s meeting with chair of 1922 Committee

Theresa May is widely expected to set a date for her resignation as Conservative leader on Friday, amid deep concerns among centrist cabinet ministers that candidates to be the next prime minister will have to promise a hard Brexit.

May’s allies believe that she will promise to step down as leader by 10 June after the state visit of US president Donald Trump and then stay on as prime minister until her successor has been chosen.

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