Sajid Javid has resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
He had held the role since July 2019 and leaves having never delivered a Budget.
According to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg, Javid was offered the chance to keep his role on the condition that he fired all of his advisers. He refused.
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ITV's Robert Peston then reported that Javid quit after refusing to have his advisors report to Boris Johnson's chief political strategist Dominic Cummings.
I meant to say “or whether he was sacked”. As I have just tweeted though, all evidence suggests - and his allies say - he quit rather than have his political advisers reporting to and controlled by Cummings. He balked at that degree of integration of Downing St and Treasury
— Robert Peston (@Peston) February 13, 2020
Kuenssberg has since tweeted that there will be a new joint "advisers for Number 10 and 11 – in other words Number 10 trying to take control big time".
Understand there will be a new ‘joint’ team of advisers for Number 10 and 11 - in other words Number 10 trying to take control big time
— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) February 13, 2020
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak is the replacement to replace Javid.
More to follow...
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