The prime minister’s premiership was rocked on Tuesday evening (5 July) by the shock resignations of chancellor Rishi Sunak and health secretary Sajid Javid, moves that have triggered a slew of high profile departures.
However, transport secretary Grant Shapps remained a member of Johnson’s cabinet on Wednesday morning (6 July), while Nigel Huddleston remained in post as tourism minister. Neither have yet commented publicly on the situation.
Shapps’ department has, though, been hit with parliamentary private secretaries Nicola Richards MP and Laura Trott MP both quitting the DfT citing "poor judgement" and a loss of trust in politics respectively.
