Tuesday evening’s announcements that health secretary Sajid Javid, and chancellor Rishi Sunak quit the cabinet have since been followed by a string of other resignations.
As it stands, the total tally of resignations is 59.
This includes:
- Rishi Sunak – chancellor
- Sajid Javid – health secretary
- Bin Afolami – vice chair
- Simon Hart- Welsh secretary
- Brandon Lewis- Northern Ireland secretary
- Jo Churchill – health minister
- Kemi Badenoch – minister, LHUC and equalities
- Helen Whately- arts minister, care minister & exchequer to the Treasury
- Rachel Maclean- safeguarding minister
- Mims Davies – Parliamentary under-secretary, employment
- Neil O’Brien – Parliamentary under secretary, LHUC
- Alex Burghart – Parliamentary under-secretary, apprenticeships and skills (he previously served as Boris Johnson’s PPS)
- Lee Rowley – Parliamentary under-secretary, business and industry
- Ed Argar- health minister
- Julia Lopez – media minister
- Will Quince – minister for children and families
- Robin Walker – minister of state for school standards
- Stuart Andrew – housing minister
- George Freeman- science minister
- Damian Hinds- security minister
- Guy Opperman- DWP minister
- Mike Freer – minister for exports, minister for equality
- Alex Chalk – solicitor general
- John Glen – economic secretary to the Treasury
- Victoria Atkins – justice minister
- Peter Gibson- PPS to the party chair
- Saqib Bhatti – PPS at the DHSC
- Jonathan Gullis – PPS to the SoS for Northern Ireland
- Nicola Richards – PPS, Transport
- Virginia Crosbie – PPS, Welsh Office
- Felicity Buchan – PPS, BEIS
- Selaine Saxby – PPS, DEFRA
- Duncan Baker – PPS, DHLUC
- Craig Williams – PPS, Treasury
- Mark Fletcher – PPS, business
- Mark Logan – PPS, Northern Ireland
- Laura Trott – PPS, transport
- Sara Britcliffe – PPS, education
- David Johnston- PPS, education
- Ruth Edwards- PPS, Scotland Office
- Fay Jones- PPS to the Leader of the House of Commons
- Dr Andrew Murrison – trade envoy to Morocco
- Theo Clarke – trade envoy to Kenya
- Gareth Davies- PPS, Health
- James Davies- PPS, Health
- James Sunderland- PPS, DEFRA
- Danny Kruger- PPS, LHUC
- James Daly- PPS, DWP
- Jacob Young- PPS, Levelling Up
- David Mundell- trade envoy to New Zealand
- David Duguid- trade envoy to Angola and Zambia
- Michelle Donelan- education secretary
- Richard Graham- trade envoy to the Philippines
- James Cartlidge- courts’ minister.
- Dr Caroline Johnson-vice chair
- Rebecca Pow- environment minister
Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and defence secretary Ben Wallace have withdrawn their support for the prime minister, but have not resigned.
However the government are currently 60 down, after the PM sacked Michael Gove as levelling up, housing & communities secretary yesterday evening.
More to follow
