Nick Gibb will stand down as schools minister at the impending reshuffle and as an MP at the next election.
Posting on X this morning, the long-serving minister said he had been “discussing taking up a diplomatic role after the general election”. As a result he had “asked the Prime Minister if I can step down from the government at the reshuffle and he has agreed”.
A reshuffle is expected today after the prime minister sacked home secretary Suella Braverman.
Gibb has been schools minister for most of the last 13 years, serving on three separate occasions. He has been at the heart of Conservative education policymaking since 2005.
