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Amber Rudd quits Cabinet – and the Tory party

8 September 2019

6:17 AM

8 September 2019

6:17 AM

Amber Rudd has quit the Cabinet and resigned the Tory whip. Rudd’s departure deepens the split in the Tory party and will be a particular blow to Boris Johnson; the pair have always got on well personally despite their very different views on Brexit.

What will worry Number 10 is that Rudd might start something of a domino effect.

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