Boris Johnson has sacked Michael Gove as levelling up secretary as he fights to keep hold of the keys to No 10
As well as this, 16 ministers - including former Johnson loyalist Ed Argar and home office minister Victoria Atkins - have quit.
It means more ministers have resigned from government on Wednesday than have ever done before in a single day.As well as the ministers who have resigned, a string of no confidence letters are also believed to have been handed to 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady over the past two days.
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