Boris Johnson’s week has gone from bad to worse. Following partygate, two bruising by-election losses in Tiverton and Honiton and Wakefield, the Chris Pincher sleaze scandal gripping Westminster has proved to be the final straw for some. With discontent and frustration reaching fever pitch in the Tory party, here is the full list of which cabinet ministers have resigned and which are still backing the PM.
Cabinet ministers who have resigned from Boris Johnson’s government:
- Rishi Sunak, chancellor (5 July)
- Sajid Javid, health secretary (5 July)
- Oliver Dowden, party chairman (24 June)
Junior ministers, trade envoys and party officials who have resigned from Boris Johnson’s government:
- Bim Afolami, party vice chairman (5 July)
- Andrew Murrison, trade envoy to Tunisia and Morocco (5 July)
- Alex Chalk, solicitor general (5 July)
- Theo Clarke, trade envoy to Kenya (5 July)
- Will Quince, children and families minister (6 July)
Parliamentary private secretaries and others who have resigned from Boris Johnson’s government:
- Saqib Bhatti, PPS in the Department for Health and Social Care (5 July)
- Jonathan Gullis, PPS to the Northern Ireland secretary (5 July)
- Nicola Richards, PPS in the Department for Transport (5 July)
- Virginia Crosbie, PPS in the Wales Office (5 July)
- Laura Trott, PPS in the Department for Transport (6 July)
Cabinet ministers backing Boris Johnson:
- Michael Gove, levelling up secretary (5 July)
- Liz Truss, foreign secretary (5 July)
- Alister Jack, Scotland secretary (5 July)
- Jacob Rees-Mogg, Brexit opportunities minister (5 July)
- Suella Braverman, attorney general (5 July)
- Anne-Marie Trevelyan, international trade secretary (5 July)
- Priti Patel, home secretary (5 July)
- Kwasi Kwarteng, business secretary (5 July)
- Dominic Raab, deputy prime minister and justice secretary (5 July)
- Baroness Evans, leader of the House of Lords (5 July)
- Nadhim Zahawi, newly-appointed chancellor (6 July)
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