Sajid Javid quit as chancellor after Boris Johnson set conditions "any self-respecting minister" would reject, he said, as several senior heads rolled in a dramatic Cabinet reshuffle. The Prime Minister ordered Mr Javid to fire his closest aides and replace them with advisers chosen by Number 10 if he wanted to remain in post - conditions he said he was "unable to accept".
The former chancellor chose to quit instead and was replaced by his former deputy at the Treasury, Rishi Sunak, in the biggest shock of Mr Johnson's shake-up of his ministerial team.
Speaking outside his home, Mr Javid told reporters: "I was unable to accept those conditions and I do not believe any self-respecting minister would accept those conditions."
Julia Hartley-Brewer speaks with Conservative MP Stephen Hammond, former advisor to Sajid Javid Andy Silvester, former Justice Secretary David Gauke, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick and former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith for their reactions and response to Sajid Javid's departure.
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