D-Day for May? UK leader could name her departure date
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Philip leave a polling station after voting in the European Elections in Sonning, England, Thursday, May 23, 2019.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
British Prime Minister Theresa May is meeting a leader of her Conservative lawmakers amid mounting speculation that she is about to announce her departure date.
The party's key backbench committee has set a showdown meeting Friday for May to agree to leave soon or face a leadership challenge.
Pressure on May to quit over her failure to get Parliament's approval for a European Union divorce deal reached critical point this week as a senior minister quit and several Cabinet colleagues expressed doubts about her Brexit bill.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Several British media outlets reported that May would agree to give up the prime minister's post June 10, sparking a Conservative leadership contest.
She could stay in office as a caretaker prime minister for several weeks until party lawmakers and members choose a successor.