Jacob Rees-Mogg has resigned from his role of Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Rees-Mogg made the decision ahead of expected cabinet appointments from new prime minister Rishi Sunak today.
So far, who will take his position has not been announced.
Rees-Mogg recently said he did not expect a job in Sunak’s cabinet, but that he would do “whatever [Sunak] wants me to do.”
Former PM Liz Truss appointed Rees-Mogg to his BEIS role back on September 6.
In a Guardian editorial, the Tory MP said getting British people “on board” with net zero “requires us to demonstrate that we can go green in a way that makes them better off, not worse off”.
In the piece, Rees-Mogg said he was in favour of reinforcing the grid and is “committed to significantly reducing timelines” for building new network infrastructure to support renewables expansion.
“But in exchange for the unprecedented support that is being offered to renewable energy companies, they must charge consumers and taxpayers a fair price for the energy they produce,” he added.