Whilst Boris Johnson is treated in St Thomas’ Hospital intensive care unit he remains Prime Minister until he resigns or is otherwise unavailable.
The United Kingdom has no formal deputy Prime Minister and it has been confirmed the Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab will deputise ‘where necessary’ whilst Mr Johnson is in hospital.
Mr Raab chaired the emergency Coronavirus meeting on Monday morning and will continue to do so this week.
At a press conference just hours before the announcement that the Prime Minister has been admitted to intensive are, Mr Raab told a press briefing that the Prime Minister remained in charge of the Government despite remaining under observation.
