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Ministerial Responsibility: Amber Rudd resigns
29th April 2018
The Home Secretary, Amber Rudd has resigned from the government in the wake of claims that she misled the House of Commons over targets for forced deportation. Amber Rudd was once seen as a leading candidate to lead the Conservative Party and she is the fourth cabinet minister to resign in the last six months following Michael Fallon, Pritti Patel and Damian Green.
Amber Rudd resigns as home secretary after Windrush scandal https://t.co/jnTWqP5PU4
— The Guardian (@guardian) April 29, 2018
V sorry that @AmberRuddHR has resigned. She is a woman of great courage & immense ability. Amber will be missed in many ways. We’ll give her a huge welcome on to our back benches. If there is any justice she will soon return to the highest of office. Proud to call her my friend.
— Anna Soubry 🇬🇧🏴🇺🇦🇪🇺🖤🤍 (@Anna_Soubry) April 29, 2018
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Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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