Boris Johnson resigns as UK's Prime Minister

Boris Johnson has resigned as Conservative leader but will continue serving as United Kingdom Prime Minister until the autumn.

Mr Johnson's resignation comes at the back drop of the exit of his cabinet, who include the chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, and the health secretary, Sajid Javid, a wave of resignation of other senior officials and  rebellion and loss of party support over his handling of the party's latest sex and bullying scandal.

However he will stay on in the role of prime minister until a successor is in place, likely until Autumn. 

“It is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader,” Mr. Johnson said on Thursday in remarks outside Downing Street. “The process of choosing that new leader should begin now.”

His exit brings an end to a tenure that was distinguished by a landslide election victory three years ago and a successful drive to pull Britain out of the European Union, but that collapsed under the weight of strings of scandals.

While reacting to Johnson's resignation, Keir Starmer, the head of the opposition Labour Party, said it was “good news for the country that Boris Johnson has resigned,” but added: “It should have happened long ago.”

“He was always unfit for office. He has been responsible for lies, scandal and fraud on an industrial scale, ”he tweeted.

“And all those who have been complicit should be utterly ashamed.”

Mr. Johnson’s latest woes erupted last week after a Conservative lawmaker, Chris Pincher, became drunk at a London club, where, it was alleged, he groped two men.

 Mr. Johnson had appointed Mr. Pincher to a senior party position in February despite earlier complaints of inappropriate behavior against Mr. Pincher.

When tasked with the happenings, the Premier at first denied being aware of the previous complaints, but it later emerged that he had known about them, and he eventually acknowledged that it was a mistake to have named Mr. Pincher to the elevated position.

As members of Mr. Johnson’s party stepped down from the government, one after another voiced opposition to Mr. Johnson’s leadership lacked integrity.