Who has left the Government since Labour took power?

Minister Andrew Gwynne has go the 4th high-profile fig to permission Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Government since the party’s predetermination triumph successful July past year.

His sacking comes aft the departures of Tulip Siddiq arsenic Treasury curate successful January, Louise Haigh arsenic transport caput successful November and Sue Gray arsenic Downing Street main of unit successful October.

Andrew Gwynne was sacked arsenic wellness curate by Sir Keir, and suspended from the Labour Party, implicit violative comments helium made successful a WhatsApp group.

The MP for Gorton and Denton said helium regrets making the “badly misjudged” comments and apologised “for immoderate offence I’ve caused”.

The messages successful a closed radical chat with Labour figures based astir Manchester reportedly included sexist, racist and antisemitic comments.

He besides said helium hoped a 72-year-old pistillate would soon person “croaked it”, aft she asked a councillor astir her bins and  joked astir a constituent being “mown down” by a truck.

The Labour Party said helium had been suspended and that it was investigating comments made successful the WhatsApp group.

He was archetypal elected arsenic an MP successful 2005 and held shadiness posts successful health, societal attraction and communities and section authorities erstwhile Labour was successful opposition.

The Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate, who was archetypal elected successful 2015, stepped down arsenic Treasury curate implicit allegations linked to her aunt’s governmental question successful Bangladesh.

Her aunt is the erstwhile Bangladeshi premier curate Sheikh Hasina, who fled into exile aft being deposed past twelvemonth and is facing an probe by an anti-corruption committee successful Bangladesh. Ms Siddiq is reportedly named arsenic portion of the case.

Ms Siddiq has besides travel nether scrutiny implicit her usage of properties successful London linked to her aunt’s allies.

In a missive to Sir Keir she said she had not breached the ministerial codification but that continuing successful her relation would beryllium a “distraction”.

Sir Keir accepted her resignation “with sadness” and said she had made a “difficult decision” and that helium wanted “to beryllium wide that the doorway remains unfastened for you going forward”.

Ms Siddiq, who was replaced successful the Treasury by Emma Reynolds, had referred herself to the Prime Minister’s morals tsar, Sir Laurie Magnus, who said helium had not recovered immoderate breach of the ministerial codification but advised that Sir Keir reconsider her responsibilities.

Ms Haigh resigned arsenic transport caput successful November aft it emerged that she had pleaded blameworthy to a transgression offence related to incorrectly telling constabulary that a enactment mobile telephone was stolen successful 2013.

She had said she was mugged successful London and gave constabulary a database of stolen possessions, including a enactment phone, erstwhile she reported the incident.

She said she aboriginal recovered the telephone was inactive successful her house.

In a missive to Sir Keir, she said: “I should person instantly informed my leader and not doing truthful consecutive distant was a mistake.

“I admit that immoderate the facts of the matter, this contented volition inevitably beryllium a distraction from delivering connected the enactment of this Government and the policies to which we are some committed.”

It is understood the incidental was disclosed to Sir Keir erstwhile she joined the shadiness cabinet.

Ms Haigh pleaded blameworthy successful tribunal implicit the incidental connected the proposal of a solicitor, and magistrates gave her the “lowest imaginable outcome”, she said successful a statement.

It is understood that it was a fraud offence and that the condemnation is present spent.

Ms Haigh has been Sheffield Heeley MP since 2015 and held a fig of shadiness ministerial and shadiness furniture roles earlier becoming transport caput erstwhile Labour won the predetermination successful July.

Before she entered authorities she spent clip arsenic a peculiar constable.

She was replaced by Heidi Alexander arsenic Transport Secretary successful precocious November.

Ms Gray discontinue arsenic the Downing Street main of unit successful October, little than 100 days into Sir Keir’s Government, implicit fears she was “becoming a distraction”.

The partygate study writer had been a high-profile fig successful the Prime Minister’s apical squad since she was appointed portion Labour was successful absorption successful 2023.

But successful the weeks starring up to her resignation, Number 10 had been plagued by reports of infighting, arsenic rows implicit Ms Gray’s wage and Government freebies began to predominate the headlines.

It was leaked to the BBC that Ms Gray was earning much than the Prime Minister, amid a bid of briefings against her arsenic main of staff.

The broadcaster was told that she was earning £170,000 – £3,000 much than Sir Keir.

Her departure triggered a wider reshuffle of the Downing Street operation.

She was replaced arsenic main of unit by Morgan McSweeney, 1 of the cardinal figures successful Labour’s predetermination campaign, who is reported to person clashed with his predecessor.

Ms Gray was to person go an envoy to the nations and regions aft a interruption from government, but No 10 announced a period aft her resignation that she had decided not to instrumentality the role.