Boris Johnson appointed as British foreign secretary

Ex-shadow cabinet minister, Owen Smith and ex-shadow business secretary, Angela Eagle, have said they will both challenge Jeremy Corbyn to be the new Labour leader.

With only the top jobs decided so far, it is not clear if Brexit supporter James Dudderidge, who now has the overseas territories brief, will keep his junior post at the FCO.

Britain will be in a position to trigger the official process to leave the European Union “before or by the start of next year”, the newly appointed Brexit Secretary has said.

“Leadership issue settled, now I expect we work quickly to deliver certainty”, he said.

Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May began her first full day in office Thursday by firing a number of members of her predecessor David Cameron’s cabinet. But The Sun said Cameron had been “undone by his Olympian overconfidence”, while the Guardian called him a “prime minister of broken promises”.

May replaced David Cameron, who resigned after the European Union referendum. She chose matching floral dresses for her two girls, with 12-year-old Nancy donning a green printed I Love Gorgeous frock and Florence wearing a similar sweet pink one.

She will return to No 10 as the country’s second female prime minister, following in the footsteps of Margaret Thatcher.

“It doesn’t get her out of the responsibility for whatever happens with Brexit, but she’s at least dipped their hands in the blood”, said Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary, University of London.

– In a blog published on Monday, Davis said there should be “a little time” before Britain triggered Article 50. Juergen Hardt said that “free access to the common market means, among other things, accepting other fundamental freedoms such as the freedom of movement”.

A young couple painted as European Union flags protest on outside Downing Street against the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union following the referendum on June 24, 2016 in London, United Kingdom.

The outgoing PM smiled and waved to his wife Samantha, who was sat with their children in the public gallery above, as he finished his last PMQs.

“As I leave today (Wednesday), I hope that people will see a stronger country. I will miss the roar of the crowd, I will miss the barbs from the opposition, but I will be willing you on”.

During the friendly session Wednesday he was praised for helping to reduce unemployment, fund the National Health Service and improve educational opportunities.

He left the chamber to applause from all sides of the House and a standing ovation from his Conservative colleagues.

He ended by referring to a jibe he directed at then-Prime Minister Tony Blair more than a decade ago: “He was the future once”.

Earlier yesterday, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Parliament President Martin Schulz also urged May not to delay the Brexit divorce proceedings.

In a direct message to voters, she said: “I know you are working around the clock, I know you are doing your best and I know that sometimes life can be a struggle”.