Andrea Leadsom's defection reflects how toxic May has become | Katy Balls

Leadsom harbours leadership ambitions – but other ministers also think sticking with the PM was a mistake

A minister resigning from Theresa May’s government rarely makes the front pages these days – since the 2017 election, the prime minister had lost 41 government ministers.

However, there was a sense of surprise in government circles that it was one of May’s more loyal cabinet colleagues, Andrea Leadsom, who became the 42nd – and it is unlikely she will be the last.

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