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Outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been grappling with calls to resign after a series of scandals over violations of Covid-19 regulations throughout 2020 and 2021.

Former British health and foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt had lost to Boris Johnson in 2019. - AFP pic

Copies of the Evening Standard newspaper, leading with story that Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned as leader of the Conservative Party, are placed out for distribution, in central London on July 7, 2022. - Boris Johnson resigned on Thursday as leader of Britain's Conservative party, paving the way for the selection of a new prime minister after dozens of ministers quit his government over 48 hours of frenzied political drama. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

This image taken from video provided by witness Toshiharu Otani and released via Jiji Press shows former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe (C) attending an election campaign before giving a speech at Kintetsu Yamato-Saidaiji station square in Nara, while a man (2nd R-behind) suspected of shooting Abe shortly after stands in the background on July 8, 2022. (Photo by Toshiharu Otani / JIJI PRESS / AFP)

Abe has been pronounced dead after he was shot at a campaign event earlier today. (KAZUHIRO NOGI /AFP FILE PIX)

Abe is showing no vital signs after being taken to hospital following an apparent attack at a campaign event in the Nara region, Japanese media reported. (KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP FILE PIX)

Johnson, 58, announced that he would step down after a slew of resignations this week from his top team in protest at his leadership but would stay on as prime minister until a replacement is found. AFP pic

Johnson's support dramatically dropped away following a slew of recent scandals. (AFP/DANIEL LEAL)

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks alongside US President Joe Biden and US Vice President Kamala Harris at an event celebrating Jackson's confirmation to the US Supreme Court on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 8. Photo: AFP FILE PIX

WASHINGTON, DC - (L-R) Alana Edmondson, Lila Bonow, Amelia Bonow, Aiyana Knauer celebrate after takiong abortion pills while demonstrating in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices hear hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, a case about a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, on Dec 1, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA/ AFP)