5 Months in the Job, Brexit Minister Resigns

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The Brexit department has lost its third minister in four months after Baroness Anelay stepped down from the front bench on Friday.

The Conservative woman cited "a worsening of an injury sustained in 2015" as her reason for leaving the Department for Exiting the European Union.

The minister follows June departures David Jones and Lord Bridges out of the door at the department.

The Brexit department has battled with high turnover of ministers and civil servants since it was set up in 2016.

In a letter to Theresa May, Baroness Anelay said she was leaving the department with "regret" and that it had been a "huge privilege" to work with Brexit Secretary Davis Davis. The PM said she should be "extremely proud" of her service.

The departing minister, who has served on the front bench in the House of Lords for 20 years, said: "It has been a huge privilege to work with and see first-hand the dedication of my ministerial colleagues and the civil service as we deliver on the referendum result and negotiate the UK's exit from the EU.

"I'm immensely proud of what the Government has achieved while I have been a part of it, and am grateful for having been given the opportunity to serve."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team