Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid have resigned as chancellor/Minister of Finance in devastating blow to Boris Johnson premiership, just moments after Sajid Javid announced he had also quit the government.
Mr Sunak said “the public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously”, furthered: “I believe these standards are worth fighting for and that is why I am resigning.”
Earlier, thechancellor, has been preparing a joint speech on the economy with Mr Johnson, expressed on Tuesday: “It has become clear to me that our approaches are fundamentally too different”.
He furthered that: “I am sad to be leaving government but I have relcutantly come to the conclusion that we cannot continue like this”.
Few minutes before the chancellor posted his resignation letter on social media, Mr Javid, the health secretary, also announced his resignation from government.
An incediary letter issued contains, what the cabinet minister said to the British people “expect integrity from their government” but voters now believed Mr Johnson’s administration was neither impressive nor “acting in the national interest”.
“The tone you set as a leader, and the values you represent, reflect on your colleagues, your party and ultimately the country,” he wrote.
The resignations will rise up the pressure on Mr Johnson to resign after months of damaging headlines over the Partygate scandal, a double by-election defeat, and narrowly surviving a confidence vote in June.
This move came moments after the prime minister ended his silence on how he handled the complaints regarding the former deputy chief whip Christopher Pincher conduct, apologising for the “mistake” of giving him a government role.
Speaking on Monday, however, the prime minister, denied lying to aides about his knowledge of allegations against Mr Pincher, who resigned as deputy chief whip last week after allegations emerged about his conduct in the Carlton Club.