Theresa May Under Pressure To Set Her Departure Date

London: UK Prime Minister Theresa May will meet senior Conservative MPs later on Thursday who are demanding that she set a date for her departure from Downing Street, the media reported. The Prime Minister, who is under growing pressure from her own MPs to stand aside, will meet the executive of the backbench 1922 Committee — an elected body of MPs which represents backbenchers and also oversees leadership contests — to discuss her future, the BBC reported. Existing rules mean she cannot be formally challenged until December. In the meeting on Thursday, the senior Conservative MPs are expected to press her to set out her departure timetable, regardless of whether Parliament backs her Brexit withdrawal agreement. (IANS)

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