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Thursday, 29 April 2021 (YJC)_Arlene Foster announces resignation as DUP leader and NI first minister.
Arlene Foster has announced her resignation as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party and as NI first minister after an internal revolt.
Mrs Foster, 50, said she would step down as DUP leader on 28 May and as first minister at the end of June.
More than 20 DUP NI Assembly members and four MPs signed a letter voicing no-confidence in the leadership.
Mrs Foster said it had been the privilege of her life to serve the people of Northern Ireland.
She became leader of the party in December 2015 and, the following month as leader of Stormont's largest party, she was appointed first minister of Northern Ireland.
She was the first woman and the youngest person to hold both jobs.
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