Chris Green has resigned from his role as Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Department for Education. The Conservative MP has written a letter to Boris Johnson, telling the Prime Minister he disagrees with the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis.
In the letter, Mr Green states that "the damage done to physical and mental health as well as to livelihoods and businesses would be justified if the threat from Covid-19 was as first suggested" but says he believes that "the attempted cure is worse than the disease".
Mr Green, whose constituency includes areas such as Horwich, Westhoughton and Atherton, wrote: "The Covid-19 crisis has hit the country hard but we can only be impressed by the magnificent response by so many to get.
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