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Norman Baker resigns as Home Office minister

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.

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Norman Baker bemoans 'lack of good will' at Home Office

Norman Baker has cited a "lack of good will" at the Home Office as one of the reasons for his resignation as a minister.

His resignation letter to Nick Clegg also reveals that he first raised the prospect of leaving as a minister as early as August, before a recent row with the Tories over drug policy.

Norman Baker speaking at the Liberal Democrat conference. Credit: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

In the letter, Mr Baker said he was proud to have brought through initiatives on areas such FGM and animal testing.

But he said the Conservatives' attitude had made it hard to work together on policy.

"In stark contrast to the Department for Transport, I regret that in the Home Office, the goodwill to work collegiately to take forward rational evidence-based policy has been in somewhat short supply," he wrote.

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