A SUSSEX MP has resigned from the Conservative Cabinet over the party’s handling of Brexit.

Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd announced her decision on Saturday following the sacking of several of her colleagues by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

She said: “I have resigned from Cabinet and surrendered the Conservative whip.

“I cannot stand by as good, loyal moderate Conservatives are expelled. 

“I have spoken to the PM and my association chairman to explain. 

“I remain committed to the One Nation values that drew me into politics.”

The Hastings and Rye MP will also step down from her role as minister for women and equalities. 

She is said to be considering whether to stand as an independent Conservative.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, Ms Rudd said: “This has been a difficult decision.

“I joined your Cabinet in good faith, accepting that no deal had to be on the table because it was the means by which we would have the best chance of achieving a new deal to leave on October 31.

“However I no longer believe leaving with a deal is the Government’s main objective.

“I must also address the assault on decency and democracy that took place last week when you sacked 21 talented, loyal One Nation Conservatives. This short-sighted culling of my colleagues has stripped the party of broad-minded and dedicated Conservative MPs. I cannot support 
this act of political vandalism.”

One of those to be cut from the cabinet last week was Mid Sussex MP Sir Nicholas Soames.

Sir Nicholas, who is the grandson of Winston Churchill, has since ripped into Boris Johnson.

In a scathing interview he declared the Prime Minister, who is known to model himself on the wartime leader, is “nothing like” his grandfather”.

He told The Times: “Winston Churchill was like Winston Churchill because of his experiences in life. 

“Boris Johnson’s experience in life is telling a lot of porkies about the European Union in Brussels and then becoming Prime Minister.

“I think Churchill would have thought it extraordinary that we would have thought ourselves so successful, so powerful, so well thought of in the world that we could afford to give up this extraordinary relationship we have in this great European Union.”

The former defence minister also announced this week he will quit as an MP at the next election.

It was announced yesterday that Ms Rudd will be replaced as Work and Pensions Secretary by Therese Coffey MP, an environment minister and the MP for Suffolk Coastal.