Amber Rudd has sensationally quit the Cabinet and the Conservative Party in protest at Boris Johnson's handling of Brexit.

The Hastings and Rye MP has quit her post as work and pensions secretary and said she was relinquishing the Tory whip after the Prime Minister sacked 21 rebels this week.

Mr Johnson removed the whip from two former chancellors and Winston Churchill's grandson after they voted to give Opposition MPs control of the order paper and start the process of blocking a no-deal Brexit.

Ms Rudd declared: "I cannot stand by as good, loyal moderate Conservatives are expelled.

"I have spoken to the PM and my Association Chairman to explain. I remain committed to the One Nation values that drew me into politics."