BREAKING: Priti Patel Resigns As UK Home Secretary

Priti Patel has resigned as UK Home Secretary.

 

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Priti Patel has stepped down as UK Home Secretary, she confirmed in a Tweet. Patel plans to quit as Home Secretary and return to the backbenches.

 

The Home Secretary wrote to Boris Johnson on Monday afternoon to inform him that she would leave the post that she has held for three years as soon as her successor was appointed.

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Patel has served as Home Secretary since 2019 under Boris Johnson’s government (PA).

 

She said: “It has been the honour of my life to serve as Home Secretary for the last three years. I am proud of our work to back the police, reform our immigration system and protect our country. My letter to Prime Minister @BorisJohnson”.

 

In her letter to Boris Johnson, she said: “I congratulate Liz Truss on being elected our new leader, and will give her my support as our new prime minister.

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It is my choice to continue my public service to the country and the Witham constituency from the backbenches, once Liz formally assumes office and a new home secretary is appointed.”