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Home Secretary Smith quits Brown cabinet
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Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, leaving 10 Downing Street after a cabinet meeting
Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, Tom Watson, the Cabinet Office minister and a close ally of Prime Minister Gordown Brown, and Beverley Hughes, the Children’s Minister, are all leaving the Government, the Times reported on Wednesday
There was no confirmation from Downing Street. Smith and Watson have declined to comment amidst reports that morale in the Labour is in 'shreds'- a fall out of the expenses scandal.
There was no confirmation from Downing Street. Smith and Watson have declined to comment amidst reports that morale in the Labour is in 'shreds'- a fall out of the expenses scandal.
The news comes ahead of a shakeup that many see as the Prime Minister’s last chance to rescue his position. However, some ministers, including David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, are reluctant to change posts
Some senior Labour MPs are said to be urging colleagues to sign a letter declaring that they had no confidence in Mr Brown.
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