LONDON—Theresa May said she would quit as British prime minister once her party chooses a successor after failing repeatedly to win parliamentary backing for the Brexit divorce agreement she negotiated with the European Union. With little prospect of getting her deal passed, three years after the U.K. voted to leave the bloc, Mrs. May said the race to find her replacement would formally begin after she quits as head of her party on June 7.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 24, 2019 09:08 UTC