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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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Future prime minister shrugs off awkward wrong-turn

Theresa May brushed off an awkward moment outside 10 Downing Street with a shrug and a grimace for waiting photographers.

The soon-to-be prime minister emerged from what will tomorrow be her new home after the final Cabinet meeting of David Cameron's premiership and headed to a waiting car - that wasn't for her.

Realising her error, the outgoing home secretary corrected her wrong-turn and joked about the error with reporters camped on the street.

Meanwhile, a blue removals van has been spotted at the back of the famous residence to take Cameron's belongings.

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