Home Secretary Amber Rudd has resigned, Downing Street has said, following increasing pressure in recent days.
Rudd was expected to make a Commons statement on Monday over the Windrush Scandal.
Dear @theresa_may it is with great regret that i am resigning… pic.twitter.com/tZZ5o4GegN
— Police Hour (@PoliceHour) April 29, 2018
Prime Minsters response to Rudd
Prime Minster to Amber Rudd pic.twitter.com/uUhKV8cZCj
— Police Hour (@PoliceHour) April 29, 2018
Rudd has faced criticism over the existence of Home Office removals targets and her knowledge of them.
Theresa May has accepted the resignation of Amber Rudd as Home Secretary, Downing Street has said.
— Police Hour (@PoliceHour) April 29, 2018
Theresa May is the person responsible for this claims Labour Deputy Leader Tom Watson who said Ms Rudd was “carrying the can for the person originally responsible for this scandal – Theresa May”.
Quitting the role via telephone ahead of a speech expected on Monday morning.
In a telephone call to the prime minster on Sunday night Rudd decided she would quit amid increasing opposition demands for her to walk.
No 10 confirmed the news “The Prime Minister has tonight accepted the resignation of the Home Secretary.”
The Windrush row occurred when it was exposed that migrants from Commonwealth countries, who settled in the UK from the late 1940s to the 1970s, and their relatives, had been declared illegal immigrants.
Twitter reacted to the news telling @PoliceHour that may her self should now quit as Prime Minster.
https://twitter.com/scouser73/status/990708868312453123?s=21
Another joked who would accept Mays? The Queen?
Who will accept Theresa May’s resignation? Is that down to Lizzy?
— Toni (@toniholmes) April 29, 2018
While another simply twitted get her out
https://twitter.com/realsuehall/status/990708974327664640?s=21
We’ll update you more on this story as soon as we have further details.
Who will be the next Conservative Home Secretary? And what should that persons policing priorities be? #AmberRudd #Policing
— Police Hour (@PoliceHour) April 29, 2018
But for the moment the thin blue line will be wondering who will be the next to lead British policing and the Home Office.
We’ll update some of the best Tweets below.
Undoing the cuts
Undoing the cuts made under the last half dozen or so consecutive governments. Rebuilding interdepartmental bridges. Recognising the value of government funding for neighborhood places for youths to occupy themselves.
— Parental Advisory Paul (@doghandleruk) April 29, 2018
Someone who understands policing has been cut to the bones
https://twitter.com/scouser73/status/990712702216622080?s=21
