End of May, Britain’s PM Steps Down as Conservative Leader

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves at church, as Brexit turmoil continues, near High Wycombe, Britain, on June 2, 2019. Simon Dawson/Reuters

LONDON—British Prime Minister Theresa May steps down as leader of the governing Conservatives on June 7, officially triggering a contest to replace her that could see her party embrace a tougher stance on Brexit.