Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker has resigned his role as a Home Office minister, saying working with Home Secretary Theresa May had been like "walking through mud". Lynne Featherstone has been named as his replacement.
Norman Baker has resigned his role as a Home Office minister, saying working with Home Secretary Theresa May was like "walking through mud".
The Lib Dem MP accused May of looking on her coalition colleagues as "a cuckoo in the nest rather than part of government".
His decision comes days after he became embroiled in a fresh disagreement over drugs policy and accused the Tories of suppressing a report which backed his case for a review of the current law.
Baker told the Independent: "They have looked upon it as a Conservative department in a Conservative government, whereas in my view it's a Coalition department in a Coalition government.
"That mindset has framed things, which means I have had to work very much harder to get things done even where they are what the Home Secretary agrees with and where it has been helpful for the Government and the department.
"There comes a point when you don't want to carry on walking through mud and you want to release yourself from that."
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