UK business secretary Rees-Mogg resigns as Rishi begins reshuffle

Britain's business and energy secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg has resigned, Sky News reported on Tuesday, following the appointment of Rishi Sunak as prime minister, according to Report.

Rees-Mogg had been a close ally of both Boris Johnson and Liz Truss and had attacked Sunak during his failed summer leadership campaign.

Rees-Mogg sent Sunak a resignation letter after he finished departmental questions in the Commons, just moments after Sunak was confirmed as prime minister.

He had previously said he would not serve in Sunak’s cabinet. “I believe his behaviour towards Boris Johnson, his disloyalty means that I could not possibly support him. And he wouldn’t want me in his cabinet anyway,” he told Sky News in July.