Donelan, who held the post for just over 24-hours after being appointed by the Prime Minister on Tuesday evening (5 July), is the latest in a string of frontbench MPs and senior aides to step down over the Chris Pincher affair.
She wrote on Twitter: “With great sadness I must resign from government.”
In a resignation letter to Johnson, who also resigned from his position as Prime Minister today (7 July), the MP for Chippenham said that while she is “worried” about the prospect of the Department for Education having no ministers as the country approaches A-Level and GCSE results days next month, she said: “In life we must always do what we believe is right”.
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