'May has NO intention to quit', will address UK at 3:30 pm (IST)
June 09, 2017  12:29
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UK PM Theresa May will address the nation at 10 am (3.30 pm IST), and while the assumption is that she will be announcing her resignation, three senior journalists say, she will stay PM.

Robert Peston from ITV, @Peston tweeted: Scoop: @theresa_may not resigning; talking to senior colleagues about how to form government

Laura Kuenssberg from the BBC, @bbclaurak tweeted, "Break - PM has no intention of resigning - working to form a govt based on being largest party in seats and votes."

Beth Rigby from Sky News, @BethRigby said, "BREAK: told PM has no intention of resigning."

May came under fire from her party colleagues after the debacle in the polls with her future as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservatives being openly questioned.

Even as Britain faces a hung parliament, May pledged to offer "stability" as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn urged her to resign.
 
Conservative former minister Anna Soubry said she should "consider her position" and take personal responsibility for a "dreadful" campaign and a "deeply flawed" manifesto after choosing to go to the country three years early in the hope of extending her majority.
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