Labour MP Josh Simons has resigned as a Cabinet Office minister, saying he had 'become a distraction from this Government's important work'.

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Labour MP Josh Simons has resigned as a Cabinet Office minister, saying he had “become a distraction from this Government’s important work”.

Labour MP Josh Simons has resigned as a Cabinet Office minister, saying he had “become a distraction from this Government’s important work”.

Labour MP Josh Simons has resigned as a Cabinet Office minister following an investigation into allegations a prominent think tank he ran before entering government paid for a probe into journalists.

Callers to Washington state’s driver’s license agency who select automated service in Spanish have instead been hearing an AI voice speaking English with a strong Spanish accent.