Cabinet resigns: Who stays and who goes? Ministers reveal whether they support Boris Johnson after Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid quit | Political news
Sajid Javid has resigned as health minister and Rishi Sunak as prime minister.
It came after Prime Minister Boris Johnson forced to apologize for the handling of the Chris Pincher goodsas it emerged that he had forgotten to be informed of previous allegations of “inappropriate” conduct.
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But what about the other cabinet members – will they stay or will they go?
Who said they were in:
• Housing Minister Michael Gove
• Attorney General Dominic Raab, with a spokesman saying Mr Raab is “loyal to the prime minister”
• Culture Minister Nadine Dorries said: “I’m not sure anyone really doubts this, however, I’m 100% behind Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister always makes all the big decisions right”
• Brexit Opportunities Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg said: “The Prime Minister has won a major mandate in a general election, a vote of the British people and that should not be taken away from him for a single vote. number of people who have resigned.”
• Scotland minister Alister Jack said he was “sorry to see good colleagues resign”, but “I fully support the prime minister”
• Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng
• Interior Minister Priti Patel
• Defense Secretary Ben Wallace
• International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan
• Attorney General Suella Braverman
• Foreign Minister Liz Truss
• Welsh Minister Simon Hart
• Transport Secretary Grant Shapps
• Lord Privy Seal, and leader of the House of Lords Baroness Evans
• Secretary of State at Department of Work and Pensions Therese Coffey
Who hasn’t said whether they will stay or go?
• Education Minister Nadhim Zahawi
• Environment Minister George Eustice
• Northern Ireland Minister Brandon Lewis
• Treasurer General Simon Clarke
• Chief Whip Chris Heaton-Harris
• Cabinet Minister Alok Sharma
• Minister of Crime, Policy & Probation Malthouse
• State Secretary of Higher and Higher Education Michelle Donelan
• Cabinet Minister Michael Ellis
• Minister without portfolio Nigel Adams
• Speaker of the Council and Leader of the House of Representatives Mark Spencer
• Steve Barclay, prime minister of the Principality of Lancaster and minister of the Cabinet Office
Who else has said that they will go:
As well as the prime minister and health minister, the following MPs have resigned from their posts:
• Trade envoy to Morocco, Andrew Murrison
• Bim Afolami resigned as Tory vice president
• Jonathan Gullis has resigned as private secretary of parliament to become the foreign minister of Northern Ireland
• Saqib Bhatti resigned as private secretary of parliament to foreign minister due to health reasons
