Marcus Jones has departed the housing minister role as the team at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) in the new Liz Truss government takes shape.

The Nuneaton MP, who backed Rishi Sunak in the contest to become Conservative party leader, revealed on Twitter yesterday (Thursday) that he is leaving his role as minister of state for housing. 

Jones took over the housing portfolio in July in the wake of his predecessor Stuart Andrew’s departure from government as part of the mass walk out of ministers in the lead up to Boris Johnson’s resignation as prime minister.