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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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Labour: Theresa May 'losing control of her department'

Labour have claimed the resignation of Norman Baker shows Theresa May is "losing control" of the Home Office.

Shadow Home Office minister Diana Johnson said:

More chaos at the Home Office. Alongside the immigration shambles, the failed experiment of Police and Crime Commissioners and the failure to undertake basic checks into chairs of the child abuse inquiry, it's clear Theresa May is losing control of her Department.

– Diana Johnson

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