David Davis's Brexit Department faced further turmoil today as he was forced to replace his third minister in just five months.

Baroness Anelay has resigned as Minister of State for Exiting the European Union as a result of an injury suffered while climbing out of a Black Hawk helicopter in 2015 when she was a Foreign Office Minister.

Her departure is the latest in a growing list of exits from the Brexit Department.

Mr Davis’s ministerial team was shaken up in June when David Jones was sacked by Theresa May and Lord Bridges resigned in the immediate aftermath of the general election.

That came after Mr Davis had already lost his former chief of staff James Chapman who quit during the campaign.