Lynne Featherstone takes Lib Dem Home Office job - High hopes for Ms Feartherstone hopes supporting medical cannabis

Lynne Featherstone is to replace Norman Baker as the Lib Dem minister in the Home Office, the party has said.

 

 Ms Featherstone has worked with the home secretary in the past

Mr Baker quit on Monday, saying he found it a "constant battle" working with Home Secretary Theresa May.

Ms Featherstone worked with Mrs May in the Home Office for two years and has been a minister for international development since 2012.

In other Lib Dem ministerial changes, Jenny Willott and Mark Hunter have also left the government.
Mr Baker criticised the way Mrs May ran her department and accused the Conservatives of a "lurch to the right" after stepping down as minister for crime prevention.

The Conservatives have disputed this and questioned Mr Baker's own performance in the job.

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