James Purnell has resigned his cabinet post. You can find the letter by clicking here. I note the email address as sos@dwp.gsi.gov.uk so clearly someone has the time for some humour here.
Of note is the comment "It calls for a Government that measures itself by how it treats the poorest in society. ".
We know how the government treats the poorest and we still wait to see how they might improve how they treat the most vulnerable - we live it.
Now he can spend his time looking at the fridge magnets he purchased on expenses.
This is covered widely in the press, Guardian Online ; Telegraph Online ; BBC Online
Apologies if this is somewhat personal in places but it is not unhappy news as you can imagine.
Under pressure from expenses row and having been referred to the Police for issues around his claims. Tony McNulty has "resigned" as Employment Minister.


Click here for the speculation from the Spectator.
This theme picked up in the Daily Mail online.
If it is true he was offered Education and didn't want to go the question is, if he was doing such a good job at the DWP why would the Prime Minister have wanted to move him especially with rising unemployment and the high profile of the DWP, in any forthcoming cabinet reshuffle?