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In a devastating resignation letter, the Work and Pensions Secretary told Mr Brown to stand aside to give Labour “a fighting chance”.
His departure followed those of fellow Cabinet ministers Jacqui Smith and Hazel Blears this week and left Mr Brown’s premiership hanging by the thinnest of threads.
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The Transport Secretary's departure follows that John Hutton, the Defence Secretary, this morning and James Purnell, the Work and Pensions Secretary, last night. Margaret Beckett...
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Mr Hutton's departure follows that of James Purnell, the Work and Pensions Secretary last night, and he becomes the fourth Cabinet minister to quit in the past week. He...
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It came as Mr Brown began to reshuffle the Cabinet in a last-ditch attempt to reassert his authority in the wake of the dramatic resignation of James Purnell, the Work and Pensions Secretary.
Johnson is the new home secretary
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Mr Purnell called on Mr Brown to 'stand aside' Health Secretary Alan Johnson is to replace Jacqui Smith as home secretary, as Prime Minister Gordon Brown carries out a make-or-break reshuffle.
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