Tom Harris has announced that he’s stepping down from the Shadow DEFRA team, as the job is incompatible with his family commitments. Writing for the Telegraph, he said:
“I know where my priorities lie; the task of juggling front bench responsibilities and being a husband and father to a young family located 400 miles away is simply beyond me.”
His decision will doubtless (and rightly) reignite the debate about how family-unfriendly the Commons is…
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