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After cabinet ministers Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid resigned on Tuesday evening, several of their junior ministerial colleagues have followed suit today, leading to growing pressure on the prime minister.
More ministers have resigned today from government than have ever done before in a single day, higher than the previous record of 11 ministers quitting in September 1932.
Fourteen have left Boris Johnson's government today, and since 6pm yesterday evening when then Chancellor Rishi Sunak and health secretary Sajid Javid resigned, seventeen ministers have left in total.
More junior, non-ministerial Conservative MPs have also quit, meaning several dozen members of the government have now gone.
It means more ministers have resigned in the past 24 hours from Boris Johnson's government than quit in the entire tenure of David Cameron and Gordon Brown's premierships, according to data from the Institute for Government.
Thirteen ministers quit during Gordon Brown's nearly three years in charge, with the same number resigning during Cameron's more than six years in power.
Boris Johnson's premiership has been marked by ministerial resignations at a faster rate than all but one other prime minister since 1979.
More: Boris Johnson suffers more ministerial resignations in one day than any PM in history
More ministers have resigned today from government than have ever done before in a single day, higher than the previous record of 11 ministers quitting in September 1932.
Fourteen have left Boris Johnson's government today, and since 6pm yesterday evening when then Chancellor Rishi Sunak and health secretary Sajid Javid resigned, seventeen ministers have left in total.
More junior, non-ministerial Conservative MPs have also quit, meaning several dozen members of the government have now gone.
It means more ministers have resigned in the past 24 hours from Boris Johnson's government than quit in the entire tenure of David Cameron and Gordon Brown's premierships, according to data from the Institute for Government.
Thirteen ministers quit during Gordon Brown's nearly three years in charge, with the same number resigning during Cameron's more than six years in power.
Boris Johnson's premiership has been marked by ministerial resignations at a faster rate than all but one other prime minister since 1979.
More: Boris Johnson suffers more ministerial resignations in one day than any PM in history
