Theresa May takes charge as Britain’s Brexit PM

Home secretary Theresa May took charge as Britain's second ever woman Prime Minister on Wednesday and began the work of taking the country out of the EU. She succeeds David Cameron, who resigned in the wake of Brexit referendum that ended his six-year-long stint as the prime minister of Britain. May, 59, will become the UK's second female Prime Minister after Margaret Thatcher, also known as Iron Lady, with whom May is often compared. May is also expected to boost the number of women in her frontline Cabinet team.

Indian-origin junior minister, Priti Patel, is likely to bag a promotion after she had come out strongly in favour of May as the best candidate for the top job. May emerged as the prime minister designate on Monday after her only rival, Andrea Leadsom, withdrew from the Conservative party leadership race triggered by the UK's referendum last month in favour of Brexit. May's spokesperson said work is already under way to set up a new department dedicated to negotiating Britain's exit from the 28-member European Union.

“Civil servants have already been charged with finding a building to house the Brexit department an indication of May's commitment to get on with delivering the verdict of the EU referendum. Brexit means Brexit and we're going to make a success of it,” the spokesperson said.

Cameron, 49, who had campaigned for Britain to remain a part of the economic bloc, had announced he will be stepping down for a new prime minister to handle the Brexit negotiations.