Hexham Conservative MP Guy Opperman has agreed to return to his pension minister post just hours after announcing his resignation.
Mr Opperman was one of more than 50 MPs to resign in the hours before Boris Johnson announced his resignation on Thursday, July 7, telling the Prime Minister that "recent events have shown clearly that the Government simply cannot function with you in charge".
But now he has announced that he will be returning to the role of Pensions Minister to "help DWP navigate the next few weeks, while we decide the appointment of a new Prime Minister". Speaking on BBC Four's Westminster Hour on Sunday evening, he said: "I was reappointed by the Chief Whip.
