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How does a prime minister leave the job?


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Tony Blair officially steps down as prime minister on Wednesday and Gordon Brown takes over. But how is it done?
He might not formally step down as prime minister until 27 June, but Tony Blair and his family have been preparing to leave Downing Street for weeks.
Packing cases have been going in and out of the flat above No 11 Downing Street, where they have lived for a decade.

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He visits the Queen to hand back the seals of office
But how does Mr Blair actually hand over power to the new prime minister, Gordon Brown?
As with most things in public life the handover involves ritual, but little is known about it and officials have refused to comment on the details of Mr Blair's departure.
However, Cabinet documents on Harold Wilson's departure in 1976 - released last year by the National Archives - detail some of the ceremony involved.
The usual timetable of events starts the night before the last day. Most PMs dine with the Queen on their last night in office, but it is thought Mr Blair will break with this tradition.
Limousine
When he wakes up on Wednesday Mr Blair will have the morning to tie up loose ends. Shortly before midday he will travel in the prime ministerial limousine to Parliament to take his last Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs).
Mr Blair has decided to make this his final appearance but he will still be asked the time-honoured question: "Will he list his official engagements for Wednesday, 27th June?" The list will be short.

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When PMQs finishes, half an hour later, Mr Blair will return to Downing Street to say goodbye to staff.
From there he will be carried in the limousine for the last time to Buckingham Palace to see the Queen to resign his post and hand back the seals of office.
He is then just MP for Sedgefield and is no longer Labour leader or prime minister. He then leaves the palace in a different car, not the prime ministerial limousine.
As soon as he has left, Mr Brown and his wife, Sarah, will be summoned to the palace to be invited by her majesty to form the next government. He will be presented with the seals of office and officially become both Labour leader and prime minister.
Afterwards the couple return to Downing Street in the limousine left behind by Mr Blair, to take up residency at No 10.