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| Cabinet Office minister Brooks Newmark resigns | |
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| Cabinet Office minister Brooks Newmark has resigned from the government after allegedly being caught sending explicit pictures of himself over the internet to women, in a tabloid newspaper sting operation. | |
| After being told that the story would appear in a Sunday newspaper, the Conservative MP for Braintree and campaigner to increase the role and number of women in politics issued a statement saying he was quitting. He appealed for privacy for himself and his family. | |
| Newmark said: “I have decided to resign as minister for civil society having been notified of a story to be published in a Sunday newspaper,” he said. | |
| “I would like to appeal for the privacy of my family to be respected at this time. I remain a loyal supporter of this government as its long term economic plan continues to deliver for the British people.” | |
| Downing Street said his resignation had been accepted and that Newmark had been replaced by Rob Wilson, a former aide to the chancellor, George Osborne. |