Work and pensions secretary also leaves parliamentary Conservative party and sends excoriating letter to No 10Boris Johnson’s government was in danger of imploding last night as the work and pensions secretary, Amber Rudd, dramatically quit the cabinet and resigned the Conservative whip, saying should could not “stand by” while “loyal moderate MPs” were purged from the party.In a devastating resignation letter, she accused the prime minister of “an assault on decency and democracy” and “an act of political vandalism” for sacking 21 of her Tory colleagues for backing a parliamentary bill to stop a no-deal Brexit. Continue reading…
Via: Amber Rudd quits cabinet and attacks PM for 'political vandalism'
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