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- Amber Rudd has resigned as Home Secretary.
- Rudd was under huge pressure to quit the Cabinet after numerous leaks suggested she has misled MPs over what she knew about Home Office deportation targets.
- She has also been under fire for her role in the Windrush affair.
- Rudd is the fourth minister to resign in half a year.
- She will now return to the backbenches where she could rebel against Theresa May’s Brexit plans.
LONDON — Home Secretary Amber Rudd has resigned from Cabinet following a series of damaging leaks relating to the Windrush scandal which placed her ministerial record under heavy scrutiny.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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