The prime minister's resignation and his pledge to stay on in the interim leads most papers.
The prime minister's resignation leads all the national papers. "Johnson throws in the towel" declares the Times, bringing his three-year stint as PM to an end. The prime minister bowed down to pressure to step down on Thursday, admitting "them's the breaks" during his speech. Critics have urged him to leave the role now as a leadership contest has begun, the paper says.
At least 11 Tories are considering putting themselves into the leadership race to replace Mr Johnson, the i says. The candidates will likely be cut to two MPs within 13 days, before Conservative Party members vote for the next prime minister.The Metro leads with "leave means leave" as its headline. The PM has stood down, but defies calls to go immediately after the "biggest cabinet rebellion in history" the paper reports.
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