11/07/2016 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at Ten: We're in Downing Street -

where in two days' time - Theresa May will be installed

She became Conservative leader today, after her only rival

for the job had withdrawn from the race.

We are going to give people more control over their lives,

and that is how, together, we will build a better Britain.

The turning point had come at midday when Andrea Leadsom

shocked Westminster by pulling out of the race.

interests of our country are best served by the immediate appointment

of a strong, well supported Prime Minister.

And in Downing Street - David Cameron confirmed

that he would be out of power within a few days.

I am also delighted that Theresa May

She's strong, she is competent, she is more than able

to provide the leadership that our country is going to need.

Conservative Party members have been giving their reaction to being

deprived of a leadership contest. Gold -- some members will feel

cheated and will feel Andrea has thrown the Tao Lin too quickly.

And - as one leaders' race ended - another began, as Angela Eagle

challenged Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership.

And coming up in Sportsday later in the hour on BBC News:

Another blow for the Olympics golf tournament - Jordan Spieth

the latest high profile player to withdraw because of fears

Good evening from Downing Street, where in two days' time Theresa May

will be installed as Britain's new Prime Minister.

The news followed a decision by Andrea Leadsom to withdraw

from the race for Conservative leader, saying she didn't have

enough support to form a stable government.

Mrs May will take over from David Cameron on Wednesday -

and she's already underlined that for her "Brexit means Brexit",

and she'll be working to get the best deal for Britain

We'll be looking in more detail at Mrs May's political outlook

and asking what kind of Prime Minister

But first our political editor Laura Kuenssberg reports

on another day of unexpected turns at Westminster.

Our next Prime Minister, the Tories' new leader.

I am honoured and humbled to have been chosen

by the Conservative Party to become its leader.

I would like to pay tribute to the other candidates during

the election campaign, and I would like to pay tribute

to Andrea Leadsom for the dignity she has shown today.

After the anger and arguments of the referendum campaign

and its brutal aftermath, even to make her party work

Brexit means Brexit and we are going to make a success of it.

Second, we need to unite our country, and third, we need a strong

new positive vision for the future of our country.

A vision of a country that works, not for the privileged few,

but that works for every one of us, because we are going to give people

more control over their lives, and that is how, together,

This private politician will take the biggest job in public life.

Without a vote even by her party's members,

Teresa May's in, because she walked out.

Just before 11 this morning, the rumour mill began to whirl.

Was Andrea Ledson, the Eurosceptics' darling, about to quit?

The grim faces of her supporters confirmed it.

For me personally, to have won the support of 84 of my colleagues

last Thursday, was a great expression of confidence,

Nevertheless, this is less than 25% of the

parliamentary party, and after careful consideration, I do not

believe this is sufficient support to lead a strong and stable

government, should I win the leadership election.

I have, however, concluded, that the interests of our country,

are best served by the immediate appointment of a strong and

I am therefore withdrawing from the leadership election and I wish

Theresa May the very greatest success.

Why have you changed your mind, Mrs Leadsom?

There was disbelief in Westminster's one of Westminster's

About what they call the abuse that was thrown at her,

especially after she suggested in an interview, that she

would be a good Prime Minister, partly because she has children,

One of her team told me simply the abuse was too much.

With 199 MP supporting Theresa May, we think it is in the

best interests of the country to say now we should withdraw.

That's what it sounds like you are suggesting?

I would not want to put it in those terms.

I think the reality is that we faced very sophisticated opponents

They very carefully positioned her as

something which she is not and now, if we were to continue,

The level of personal abuse that was being directed at her

over the past week, and in the last few days,

has been something which I have been rather appalled about.

Even if Mrs May was the overwhelming favourite,

we should have had a contest and so I am disappointed.

I'm sure Andrea has made this decision for very good reasons,

patriotic reasons, uniting the party, although sort of things,

but I cannot help deny that I am disappointed.

Andrea Leadsom's surprise decision to move out of the leadership race

means in the next couple of days the new Prime Minister

Next stop, after this melee, over to the Tory party machine

to decide what happens to the government next,

Following the decision of Mrs Andrew Leadsom to withdraw

from the leadership contest, the Right Honourable

Mrs Theresa May is the only remaining candidate.

Could Theresa May be Prime Minister by the end of this week?

We will conclude our internal process.

There is also a constitutional process to be gone through.

In the space of less than half an hour,

Andrea Leadsom has quit the race and the Tory party

have confirmed Theresa May will be the next Prime Minister.

Are you looking then at the faces of some of Theresa May's new cabinet?

Tory MPs who had given overwhelming support and were

ready for a long campaign for Number Ten, but they don't need it now.

He will not spend a moment longer than is polite

in Downing Street, before leaving for the final time.

With these changes, we now don't need to

have a long period of transition, and so tomorrow,

I will chair my last Cabinet meeting.

On Wednesday, I will attend the House of Commons

and then after that, I expect to go to the Palace

and offer my resignation, so we will have a new

Prime Minister in that building behind me by Wednesday evening.

To lose office must be painful, but perhaps

A hum, a tune from the Prime Minister.

Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Westminster.

Earlier this morning, Theresa May had been in Birmingham,

launching her campaign to be the next Conservative leader,

promising to lead a government working "not for the privileged few,

Mrs May played a relatively low-key role in the Remain campaign

She also sparked controversy by saying she could not guarantee

that EU citizens living in the UK would be allowed to stay.

Our deputy political editor John Pienaar reports

Just moments before she knew the job was hers,

She doesn't do showy, thinks Britain has had enough surprises,

rich and poor, north and south, urban and rural, young and old,

male and female, black and white, sick and healthy, public sector,

private sector, those with skills and those without.

It was a pitch to be a one nation Prime Minister,

Her reputation for toughness was already established.

Many Tories hated it when she told them, in opposition, the wider

Our base is too narrow and so, occasionally, are our sympathies.

A police conference liked her even less when, as Home Secretary,

The murder of Lee Rigby by Islamist extremists shocked the country but

she deported the extremist preacher Abu Qatada was for her a moment of

triumph. Theresa May never liked David Cameron's pledge to get net

immigration below 100,000, but some thought her too tough in getting

numbers down when colleges and businesses wanted more. I have sat

around the Cabinet table with her for six years, and she has got the

integrity, strength and leadership our country needs. In Britain and

around the world, the British economy needs certainty, so I think

it is in everyone's position that she takes up her Prime -- position

as Prime Minister in the coming days. She is coming into power at a

more testing time than any since the Second World War, and her mission of

making the party appeal to people and places it has failed to reach in

decades, could easily fail. Tonight, the party will rally around but in

the coming months and years, the harsh realities of government can

only compare harshly of the dreams of leadership that she nursed with

her future husband at her side as a young woman.

Theresa May - who's 59 - was born in Eastbourne.

She entered parliament for Maidenhead in Berkshire

in 1997 - and she's been at the Home Office since 2010 -

the second-longest-serving Home Secretary since

Our political correspondent Alex Forsyth looks at her life,

Theresa May - who's 59 - was born in Eastbourne.

Our political correspondent Alex Forsyth looks at her life,

before and after she came to Westminster.

Theresa May has long been tipped as a potential Prime Minister. A

vicar's daughter from a middle-class family, she went to state school

before studying geography at Oxford University, where she met her future

husband Philip. She called him her rock when her father died in a car

crash and her mother of multiple sclerosis a few months later.

Politics was a long-held ambition. After working at the Bank of

England, she made it to Westminster, elected as Maidenhead's MP in 1997.

Her local party are still proud of the choice. We interviewed her and I

thought, yes. Down-to-earth, speaks her mind and listens to you. She

just had the right attitude. Thought of as smart, tough, shrewd, Theresa

May rose through the Tory ranks. A a woman at the upper echelons who

never felt her gender caused barriers. Known for keeping her own

counsel, not schmoozing Westminster's tearooms, some have

called Theresa May cold and aloof, but she commands respect from

colleagues who work alongside her. What was different in the Home

Office was she was adored. It would not be too much to say she was

loved. She is a brilliant leader. She changes her mind when the facts

change, but once she sets her mind on a course which is right, she will

not divert. Even being diagnosed with diabetes did not then to her

stride but the kitten heels once did. Some have described Theresa May

as difficult. Identity I have a ruthless streak. I just want to get

on and do the best I can. That is something my parents very much

brought me up to believe him, that whatever you are doing, try your

hardest, do your best. As of today, her best will be required. In her

own words, Mrs May is one to get on with the job. Now she has to prove

she has the metal for the biggest job of all. Here in Downing Street I

am joined by our political editor Laura Kuenssberg and our economics

editor Kamal Ahmed. We said this referendum campaign has shaken

everything up. All the pieces have been shaken up in the air. Now we

know where they are going to land, for the Conservative Party at least.

A senior Tory said if Jeffrey Archer had gone to his publisher with the

plot of what has happened today, he would be sent packing, no one could

believe such a story. And yet, that is what has happened. Andrea

Leadsom's decision jackknifed the Tory contest, which we expected to

happen over a couple of months. The whole thing has gone at 1 million

mph, and now, instead of the middle of September, by Wednesday night,

someone else will be in charge there, and a very different kind of

politician and Prime Minister to boot. Theresa May is not a flash

politician. She is all about showing she is calm and sober and takes time

to work things through. I think there is one difference, politicians

for a long time have tried to look as if they are the public's friend,

the kind of person you could have a pint and a chat with. That is not

Theresa May's style and I think that alone will give things a very

different feel around here. Indeed. A very different style, but what

about policy? Are we She actually laid out some quite

interesting and factually detailed policy today, quite radical. She

spoke about understanding that growth had seemed to be for the

privileged few, hadn't been for the ordinary person industry despite

them working as hard as they could. She said that she'd wanted to see

things like workers representatives on business boards. She said that

she wanted to see shareholders being much more tough on remuneration for

Chief Executive 's. She also said she wanted to see Chief Executive 's

paid published and then compared to the pay of average workers in that

business. Now some people might say, hang on a minute, I sort of

recognise this language, and they'd be right. 2011, Ed Miliband, Labour

Party conference, said that business needed to reform. He said he wasn't

being anti-business but he was being anti-business as usual. Theresa May

might use a lot of the same language today because she wants a very big

tent in the centre of British politics. And she's set herself a

rather hefty economic challenge. The test won't simply be, she seems to

be saying, whether or not the economy grows or doesn't, but if it

grows it's got to grow for everybody. Everybody has to feel the

advantage of any economic growth that comes post-referendum. Thanks

very much for now, Laura we will talk again later.

The decision on who should lead the Conservative Party

was meant to be taken - not by Conservative MPs -

but by the party's 150,000 members in a ballot to be held

But Mrs Leadsom's decision to leave the race means that party members

will not have a formal say, so our correspondent Danny Savage

has been asking activists in Harrogate for their views

North Yorkshire - England's largest county

With only one hat left in the ring for Tory leader,

what do party members think of not having a vote in the matter?

These are three of about 150,000 who would have had a say.

Do you think Conservative members will be disappointed that they don't

have a chance to vote on the next leader?

I think some members of the party will feel a bit cheated

and will feel that Andrea has thrown the towel

It's important that we have a Prime Minister going ahead that supported

I would have voted for Theresa anyway had it come

I think the news that Andrea has pulled out today means that we can

install Theresa as our leader and Prime Minister in a much shorter

time period and I think that is very good for the country.

Is there some disappointment at grassroots level that people

in the party will not get a vote on this matter?

I would have liked to have had a vote, but I think you put

the country first and the party first.

I think it is in the interests of the country, of everyone, that we

But what do the Tory faithful think about the party's new

Do you think she can unite the party?

She is a very experienced lady in government.

I know that she has said that she is going to operate the Brexit ASAP.

I think it is going to be incredibly difficult for somebody who believed

I am not quite sure how it is all going to work.

So, no great discontent in the broad acres of Yorkshire over

the new Conservative leader, but that does not mean

As we heard - Theresa May was on the Remain side

in the referendum debate - though she didn't play

a very prominent part - but she now faces the task

of negotiating the UK's departure from the European Union.

She's insisted that "Brexit means Brexit" - but has that convinced

Leave voters that she's going to deliver what they want?

Our special correspondent Ed Thomas reports from Great Yarmouth,

which voted 70% in favour of Leaving.

A new journey begins, but is everyone on board?

Like many seaside towns, Great Yarmouth voted

So what do people think about Theresa May as their

I'm a bit apprehensive of what might happen.

Well it should do, because that's what the democratic vote of the

I think the opposition, what was her name?

She would have been better, because she was an

Change is happening quickly and some here are unsure what

We all voted out and it would be a worry if we was to be

I think that might cause some aggro, to be honest.

Theresa May has said Brexit means Brexit to her.

I'm not sure whether she'll be able to be

But she has said to her Brexit means Brexit.

But there are other voices here like Janet and Joyce.

They voted Leave and believe Theresa May can mend

I think you've got to try and get it to appeal to everybody, as a unity,

And that's what Theresa May represents to you?

Yes she does, yes, and I hope it will happen.

I'm hoping she will bring us all

together and do the best job that she possibly can.

People here, like elsewhere, had no say in choosing

But speak to those who voted to leave the

European Union and many demand that their voices are heard.

And maybe the toughest audience of all, Ukip

supporters like Paul, Donna and John.

Is the Ukip faithful happy with Theresa May as Prime Minister?

If she can invoke article 50 straightaway and get us a really

good deal coming out of Europe then I think everyone will be happy.

Well, she's not delivered at all regarding immigration, and what sort

of deal will she get us with regards to that with the EU?

Now we need to forget about Remain and Leave and

all concentrate on making Great Britain,

all of us what we need to

Theresa May will lead, shaping a nation and its

Let's talk about reaction in other parts of the European Union.

In Germany, Chancellor Merkel has urged Britain to move quickly,

to explain how it wants to shape its future relationship

She said Germany wanted the UK to remain an important partner.

Let's talk to our Europe editor Katya Adler in Brussels.

What's been the reaction there? The main response has been to watch, to

wait and only then to react. Our high-level EU source centimetre

night that they will react when Theresa May actually does something

-- said to me to night. Until now the EU has stood by watching the

chaos in the UK. Theresa May says she will respect the referendum

result. You mentioned Angela Merkel. EU leaders are anxious to know what

kind of relationship the UK once in the future with the EU. Does Theresa

May for example want full access to the European single market? If so

Angela Merkel insists, as do other European leaders, that means the UK

accepting the free movement of people. That means access for all EU

citizens to the UK labour market. Theresa May is known here in muscles

as something of an immigration hardliner, but EU sources have also

described her as a tough negotiator and also a pragmatist. It is

recognise that she will probably, before she formally starts Brexit

talks, will want to talk to European counterparts perhaps with a tour of

European capitals. The European Commission does not like the idea of

informal chats, but it cannot do much about it. It takes comfort from

the EU conviction that once the formal talks start the EU will be in

the driving seat. As the Conservative leadership

race came to an abrupt Labour MPs were witnessing the start

of their own leadership challenge. Angela Eagle, the former

Shadow Business Secretary, formally launched her attempt

to unseat the Labour leader Jeremy She said her goals were to save

the Labour party and heal Britain. Mr Corbyn has said he'll fight any

challenge, as our political Are you prepared for

a leadership challenge? with Jeremy Corbyn to go,

they have resigned from his team in droves, but persuasion has failed

and a leadership challenge is on. And this is the Labour MP

leading the charge. I have lodged my papers

with the general secretary today Angela Eagle had been threatening

a challenge for days but with the country in political

turmoil she said Labour could not put up with weak

leadership any longer. We know that to be leader

of the Labour Party you have And we've seen Jeremy

not do that job. He's been hiding behind a door,

not talking to his She has the support of many

party stalwarts longing for a change of leadership,

but Angela Eagle promised to be I'm not a Blairite, I'm not

a Brownite, and I'm The former Shadow Business Secretary

has been a Labour MP since 1992 and has a twin sister,

Maria, also a member of Parliament. It's not clear whether Jeremy Corbyn

will be able to stand Labour's ruling body will decide

tomorrow if he needs nominations from MPs and MEPs to get

on the ballot, or if he has And powerful trade union figures

are standing firm Today Len McCluskey denounced

what he called a political lynching. Perpetrated on a decent

man, a kind man. A man who has a complete mandate,

a massive mandate from Jeremy Corbyn has lost

the confidence of most Labour MPs. They think he is an electoral

disaster and want him gone. But Mr Corbyn is banking

on the backing of Labour Party members and paid-up supporters

to elect him again. And it's that split that has thrown

the party into crisis. Labour membership numbers continue

to grow with some websites trying to sign up people who want

Jeremy Corbyn out and others trying And the field of

contenders could grow. The former Shadow Work

and Pensions Secretary Owen Smith Labour's ongoing agonies are a stark

contrast to the Conservatives brutal The end of one leadership race today

and the start of another. We'll be back a little

later in Downing Street - The Chief of Police in Dallas has

defended the decision to kill the main suspect in the murder

of five officers by using a bomb, David Brown said it wasn't

an ethical dilemma for him, considering

what Micah Johnson had done. The events in Dallas -

as well as the killings of African American men

by police officers - There are demonstrations

across the country every day - and fears of increased activity

by black militant groups. Our correspondent Nick Bryant

assesses the mood. The riot police have

state-of-the-art equipment. These snapshots are now rendered

in colour, not black and white. But the scenes we've witnessed

in America over the past few days recall some of the racial

turbulence of the 60s, albeit on a smaller,

less epic scale. What sparked this fury is not just

a spate of police shootings of black men, but the fact that they've

been caught on camera He or she can document

what he or she sees to tell the world: "You think

we've been lying? "You think we've

been making this up? "You think this is a myth?

This is empirical, this is fact." Now we capture it on a smartphone,

it has changed the landscape Determined to highlight

every police killing, What started out as a hashtag

on social media is now Here its supporters clashed

with police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where a black man

was killed by officers last week. But the flowers that adorn this

squad car in Dallas show how the slaughter of five officers

in the city has generated a wave of public sympathy for the police,

not least because their actions Several of them lined

against a wall over there, I saw another officer get shot right

there in front of me again, The Martin Luther King Memorial

in Washington stands as testament to the landmark reforms of the civil

rights era, the end of segregation. But the struggle for black

equality is far from over. It's always been difficult

to legislate problem areas like policing where the actions

of a single officer can spark such In the midst of this turmoil

Barack Obama will head to Dallas. But gone are the days when people

here thought that the country's first African-American president

could bridge its racial divide. Nick Bryant, BBC News,

Washington. A brief look at some

of the day's other news stories. Two Turkish men have been found

guilty of smuggling cocaine with a street value estimated

at half a billion pounds The vessel was intercepted

by the Royal Navy and Britain's biggest train operator has

axed hundreds of services Commuters protested

at Victoria Station at the new timetable

which will operate "for It was brought in to try to deal

with high levels of staff sickness - and industrial action

by the RMT union. A wrecked car in which a man died

when he was hit by a speeding driver was put outside parliament today

as part of a campaign Joseph Brown-Lartey died

when his car was struck by another - doing more than 80 miles an hour

in a residential area. The driver - Addil Haroon -

was jailed for eight years. The aeroplane maker Boeing

is to double its UK workforce The government has ordered nine

maritime patrol planes to help protect Trident nuclear weapons

as part of a package After winning his second

Wimbledon title yesterday - Andy Murray says he feels more

motivated than at any other The British Number One

said his focus would switch now to defending his Olympic

title in Rio next month. This report from our

Sports Correspondent Joe Wilson. A champion walks on Monday carrying

the strains of a fortnight in his legs and the lightness

of contentment in his heart. And somebody else can

carry the trophy. Andy Murray said the Champions

Dinner last night was fun with his wife, concedes he consumed

more than a touch of alcohol. After all, the second Wimbledon

success is there to be savoured After he won here in 2013,

Murray says he couldn't really see Well, his record in Grand Slam

finals now reads played 11, Sort of losing actually in a lot

of the finals motivated me. I lost the first two finals this

year, I lost in the Australian Open final the year before and that

motivated me for sure. Obviously, becoming a father as well

was extra motivation too. But could he become the number one

ranked tennis player in the world? A position currently occupied

by a chap called Novak Djokovic, who lost in the third

round of Wimbledon this year. I would rather set the bar as high

as possible and not quite achieve it than say,

I'd be happy finishing at five in the world then

finishing at three. It's better to try and finish one

and finish at two, so yes, I would love to get

to number one obviously. But I think a lot of people are sort

of forgetting what Novak's done because he lost in the third

round here, the last 18 months One of Murray's greatest

achievements was to win the Davis Cup with his brother

with Britain and the defence If too fatigued to play

in Serbia, Murray says he'll With every trophy, he knows

he carries greater responsibility. Now back to our main story tonight

and Huw is in Downing Street. So now we know that Theresa May,

the home secretary, will here arrive in Downing Street

on Wednesday afternoon, having accepted the Queen's

invitation to become prime minister But already there are questions

in some quarters about Yes, she has the backing

of most Conservative MPs, but she has no personal mandate

from Conservative party members, nor indeed from tens of millions

of Britain's voters. Our home editor Mark Easton

explores how we got here, Future generations of schoolchildren

will study Britain's cool summer of 2016 and no doubt be asked to

explain what on earth happened. London Festival you want is used to

politics as theatre, sometimes tragedy. For the last three weeks

almost every day has felt like we were watching a history play.

Theresa May, the centre of attention in another extraordinary week that

will see one Tory PM move out and a new Tory PM moved in. So who voted

for our Prime Minister in waiting people may ask? The answer is 35,000

people in her Maidenhead constituency and around 200 Tory

MPs. Interestingly when Gordon Brown took over as PM from Tony Blair won

Theresa May accused him of not having a democratic mandate. Early

election, she asked? Bring it on. Opponents may want Mrs May to bring

on an early election herself. One former Cabinet minister told me

today the fixed term Parliament act makes that impossible. But the

architect of the legislation, former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg,

says his law includes get out clauses for exceptional

circumstances and the new PM must get a democratic mandate for

post-Brexit Britain. You know have in effect a totally different

government with different leaders with different priorities. Hurtling

towards Brexit with absolutely no road map how to do that. I think

it's essential that Theresa May does the decent thing to spell out what

her plans are and to put that to the British people in an early general

election. These are extraordinary times because the British people

have ignored the advice of most of the political leaders, most of the

members of parliament inside the Palace of Westminster. Some have

described it as a popular insurgency. It is almost a

revolution that will change our politics and our country forever. It

was in effect a kind of peasants revolt of modern times. And the

political class are still coming to terms with that. But they said they

will come to terms with it. They have to accept the result. The

people have spoken, as Theresa May herself has said, Brexit is Brexit.

And negotiating Brexit will be top of Theresa May's injury. A new poll

for BBC News says around three quarters of British adults don't

trust politicians to carry out the will of the people. There appear to

be contradictory expectations. Two thirds told pollsters access to the

single market should be a priority, rather than cutting immigration. At

the same time 52% said they expected immigration to fall. Politics is

changing, history is being written. What is the new Prime Minister must

realise, running the country isn't getting any easier.

We're joined again by our political editor Laura Kuenssberg.

You talked openly about the style and the fact this will be all about

stability, it needs to be. And yet when you look at the items in the

in- tray, they are all things that could cause instability. Absolutely.

Even steady as she goes, keeping that illustrate why we go through an

chartered waters would be a challenge for any politician, even

Theresa May who has been around for a long time, in the Home Office for

six years now. She's got to steer us through difficult tricky

negotiations over how we leave the European Union. She will have to

show to the general public some kind of progress on the Thomases of

immigration. As Home Secretary she was charged with the policy for six

years while the government tried and failed to get immigration down. So

that is on her plate, too. Also how does she get together a plan to pay

down the deficit, and look at economic stability in the months to

come. So there are an awful lot of huge issues that steady as she go,

carry on as things are, probably aren't going to cover. But she is

somebody who is very much in that vein of don't rock the boat too

much, don't change things too much. And today has come as a complete

surprise to Theresa May, she thought she would have a couple of months to

work this all out. She's going to have to be ready now to come

straight out of the traps on Wednesday. Tomorrow is David

Cameron's last full day in office. And just a thought on democratic

legitimacy, will she be tempted to listen to some of those voices

saying, you need to call an election? And demands from the

Labour Party and also from the Lib Dems saying essentially she's been

chosen by 199 Tory MPs, not Tory members, not least not by any of us.

Through the short campaign Theresa May was clear there would not be an

early general election. But if anything events, events, that is

something we cannot rule out a night. Thanks very much.

Newsnight is underway on BBC Two with more analysis and interviews

about today's events here at Westminster.

And the news that Theresa May, currently Home Secretary, will be

here in two days' time to be installed as