An education minister who gave the middle finger to a crowd outside Downing Street has been re-appointed to her job by Liz Truss.
Andrea Jenkyns claimed she was responding to a “baying mob” when she made the gesture.
She was appointed parliamentary under secretary of state in the department for education by Boris Johnson in July after he was hit by a wave of ministerial resignations.
Downing Street on Thursday night confirmed that she will continue in the role under new prime minister Liz Truss, who she supported in the Tory leadership contest.
