Liberal Democrat David Laws has resigned as Chief Secretary to the Treasury after admitting he claimed expenses to pay rent to his partner. Mr Laws said he would be standing down with immediate effect, in a statement given at the Treasury. He had earlier apologised and said he would pay back the money which the Daily Telegraph said totalled £40,000. The Yeovil MP said he wanted to keep his relationship with James Lundie private. Good luck with that.
He is to be replaced by Danny Alexander haha!
