{"id":34122,"date":"2026-05-11T23:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/34122\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T23:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:11:17","slug":"live-updates-government-resignations-labourlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/34122\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE UPDATES: Government resignations &#8211; LabourList"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A number of Parliamentary Private Secretaries have resigned from government. More info to come<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>22.34 New Parliamentary Private Secretaries appointed<\/p>\n<p>The following appointments have been made to replace those who have stepped down:<\/p>\n<p>David Burton-Sampson MP \u2013 Health and Social Care<br \/>Linsey Farnsworth MP \u2013 Justice<br \/>Jayne Kirkham MP \u2013 Defra<br \/>Michael Payne MP \u2013 Home Office<br \/>Tim Roca MP \u2013 DWP<br \/>Sean Woodcock MP \u2013 Cabinet Office<\/p>\n<p>19.58 Melanie Ward resigns as PPS in Department for Justice<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My statement on last week\u2019s election results <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/15UgrYpTa5\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/15UgrYpTa5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Melanie Ward MP (@melanie_ward) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/melanie_ward\/status\/2053911212992156133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">May 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>18.38 Naushabah Khan resigns as PPS in Cabinet office<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fHoQqzUxFf\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/fHoQqzUxFf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Naushabah Khan MP \ud83c\udf39 (@naushabah_khan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naushabah_khan\/status\/2053891812587188466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">May 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>18.18 Sally Jameson Statement<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-304913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sally-J-Statement-440x440.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"440\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>18.10 Tom Rutland has posted his resignation letter.<\/p>\n<p>Rutland was PPS to Emma Reynolds at Defra.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Statement on the Labour Party leadership <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7V08SBwtEz\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/7V08SBwtEz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Rutland MP (@Tom4EWAS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tom4EWAS\/status\/2053881311593381960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">May 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>18.09 Three PPSs resign<\/p>\n<p>Sally Jameson has resigned as a PPS at the Home Office, Tom Rutland has resigned as PPS at Defra and Joe Morris has resigned as PPS at the Department for Health and Social Care.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/labourlist.org\/become-a-friend-of-labourlist\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">friend of LabourList<\/a> and join our community. 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