minister to

He will be only the third prime minister to attend a meeting of the British-Irish Council in 17 years.

In the next few weeks Pat McFadden, the cabinet minister helping the prime minister to coordinate policy across Whitehall, will give a speech with more detail on the government’s plans for civil service reform.

Last week, Haigh became the first minister to resign since the Labour government took office in July.

Lord Cameron is so far the only ex-prime minister to support the bill after Gordon Brown, Baroness Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss all said they were against it.

Lord Cameron becomes the first former prime minister to support the bill after Gordon Brown, Baroness Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss all pushed MPs to reject it this week.