Another minister announces resignation and expands crisis in the Boris Johnson government

UK Minister for Children and Families Will Quince resigned on Wednesday, saying he was stepping down after receiving “inaccurate” information about Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s appointment of a politician who was targeted. of complaints.

“Thank you for meeting with me last night and for your sincere apologies about the briefings I received prior to Monday’s media round, which we now know to be inaccurate,” Quince said in his resignation letter to Johnson, shared on social media. .

“It is with great sadness and regret that I feel I have no choice but to present my resignation as Minister for Children and the Family, as I have accepted and repeated these assurances in good faith.”

In addition to Quince, Laura Trott, a congressman from the Conservative Party, the same as Boris Johnson, stepped down as parliamentary private secretary at the Transport Department on Wednesday.

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Boris Johnson had already suffered a major blow on Tuesday with the resignation of two of his top ministers, who said they could no longer work for a government mired in scandal.

Finance Minister Rishi Sunak and Health Minister Sajid Javidk announced, through letters posted on social media, that they were leaving Johnson’s government.

The most immediate controversy facing the prime minister is the way Downing Street has handled the resignation of deputy chief Chris Pincher, who left office last Thursday amid allegations he had groped two guests at a private dinner the night before.

Although he did not admit to the allegations directly, Pincher said, in a letter to Johnson, that “last night I drank too much” and “embarrassed myself and others.”