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Live updates: David Cameron prepares to leave Downing Street

David Cameron has held his final cabinet meeting as prime minister.

Mr Cameron will take his last Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday before offering his resignation to the Queen.

Theresa May will then take office and become leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister later that day.

Speaking after Andrea Leadsom resigned from the leadership contest, Mrs May said she was "honoured and humbled" to have been chosen as the new party leader and pledged that "together we will build a better Britain".

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Theresa May: I'm concerned about Sharia law in the UK

Theresa May has addressed rumours circulating on a Facebook page set up by supporters of her former Tory leadership rival that she supports Sharia law in the UK.

The Home Secretary, asked by Buzzfeed's Emily Ashton about the group set up by Andrea Leadsom backers, said she is "concerned" that Sharia law is operating in a way that could be counter to "our single rule of law" and that is why she has set up a review into Sharia law practices.

The Home Secretary announced the review in May as part of the Government’s counter-extremism strategy.

For too long politicians in this country refuse to look at the issue of Sharia law and just allow this to continue without any question.

I've been the politician who's been willing to say no, I'm concerned that Sharia law is operating in a way that could discriminate against women and that could be counter to what is our single rule of law that we have in the UK.

So there is one rule of law in the UK - that's why I've set up the review that I have, chaired by Professor Mona Siddiqui, and that will be looking at the operation of Sharia law and whether it is actually operating to discriminate against women and counter to our overall rule of law.

– Theresa May

The review is set to be completed by 2017.

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