George Freeman said that his offer to return as the UK’s science minister has been declined, as the university sector continued to await political leadership.
Mr Freeman, who resigned on 7 July in a final flood of departures that forced Boris Johnson to announce that he would step down as prime minister, said a day later that he would be prepared to come back in light of “the huge issues that need managing this summer”.
However, he tweeted on 11 July that the offer had been “declined”.
