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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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Lynne Featherstone to replace Norman Baker

Lynne Featherstone will replace Norman Baker as Lib Dem Home Office minister. Credit: PA

Lynne Featherstone is to replace Norman Baker as Liberal Democrat minister at the Home Office, Nick Clegg has announced.

The MP for Hornsey and Wood Green was appointed Home Office junior minister for equality in 2012. Two years later she became junior minister for international development.

She has also been Lib Dem spokesman for youth equality and was one of the first politicians to push the same-sex marriage bill through parliament.

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