09-06-2019 13:28 via news.yahoo.com

Factbox: How will Britain's Conservative Party choose PM May's successor?

Britain's ruling Conservative Party will decide the country's next prime minister in late July in a contest that will bring in a new leader who could pursue a cleaner break with the European Union.Theresa May resigned as the party's leader on Friday, having failed to deliver Brexit on schedule or find a way to get parliament to approve her exit plan.Candidates putting themselves forward for the leadership must be backed by eight other Conservative lawmakers.
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