May's reshuffled cabinet meets amid chaos over Brexit plans
Prime Minister Theresa May
Europe's most powerful leader, German Chancellor Angela Merkel also arrived in London later on Tuesday
As the United Kingdom's Prime Minister Theresa May was thrown into disarray following the resignation of her two senior politicians -- Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Brexit minister David Davis May's cabinet arrived at Downing Street on Tuesday ahead of a meeting seeking to unify her government.
With less than nine months until Britain is due to leave the European Union, May has been wrestling with how to enact Brexit without jeopardising business with the world's biggest trading bloc of 27 countries whilst forging new global deals.
Her plan for a "business-friendly" Brexit prompted the resignations of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Brexit minister David Davis, but sterling rebounded as investors bet she would not face an immediate challenge to her leadership.
If May survives the domestic political turmoil, she still has to convince European Union leaders that her proposals can work. Europe's most powerful leader, German Chancellor Angela Merkel also arrived in London later on Tuesday.
Boris Johnson was quickly replaced by 51-year-old former health minister Jeremy Hunt, who unlike Johnson supported staying in the European Union in the 2016 referendum.
Dominic Raab, a Brexit supporter and former housing minister, was appointed to replace Davis only days before negotiations in Brussels are due to resume next week.
The two resignations leave May badly exposed at the top of a government unable to unite over Britain's biggest foreign and trading policy shift in almost half a decade.
It also puts a question mark over whether the leader will try to weather it and stand firm in her commitment to pursue a "business-friendly" Brexit, or will be faced with more resignations and calls to quit herself.
According to a report by the Guardian, as the flamboyant public face of the Vote Leave campaign, Johnson’s departure will deepen the sense of crisis around May, and increase the chances that she could face a vote of no confidence.
(With inputs from news agencies)