The Northern Powerhouse minister Jake Berry has quit the government.
The 41-year-old Rossendale and Darwen MP announced his decision at the end of a day of Westminster shocks during Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Cabinet reshuffle.
He said he was turning down another role he had been offered by the PM because it involved international travel and with three children under the age of three, he could not commit to it.
According to reports today the Northern Powerhouse role in government will no longer include a place at the Cabinet table.
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