Business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg has resigned from the Westminster government after Rishi Sunak became prime minister, ending his brief responsibility for research funding and energy policy.
Mr Rees-Mogg, appointed to the post on 6 September, had been a supporter of former prime ministers Liz Truss and Boris Johnson, and had vocally called for the latter to return after the chaotic resignation of the former.
The end of the arch-Brexiteer’s spell in office could raise hopes for more active ministerial support of the potential for UK association to Horizon Europe, the European Union’s research programme.
