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A Labour minister has left her role just two weeks after being appointed.
Baroness Curran joined Ed Miliband’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 15 days ago.
But a statement from Downing Street on Friday afternoon has confirmed she has since left.
Curran had served as Glasgow East’s Labour MP for five years until she was ousted by the SNP.
Baroness Curran was elevated to the Lords through a life peerage in January this year
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She was elevated to the Lords through a life peerage in January this year, before taking up her brief ministerial role on May 22.
GB News understands that Curran’s departure was due to a health condition that she thought would be manageable in the job, but proved too difficult.
The Labour peer, before taking up her energy role, had spoken out in strong terms in favour of net zero – which she deemed was “vital” to Britain.
“The stark reality that we must face is climate change and what it will do to us… it is here and it will impact on all our lives,” she told the Lords back in April.
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Baroness Curran joined Ed Miliband’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 15 days ago
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“So let us galvanise around the clean energy mission and deliver the targets, because that is the future that our people need.”
A Government spokesman said: “We thank Baroness Curran for her work at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, delivering our clean energy mission.
“Baroness Curran has resigned due to health reasons. We send her our best wishes at this time and ask for her privacy to be respected.”
The Starmer Government has largely avoided high-profile resignations – except that of International Development Minister Anneliese Dodds in February over Labour’s cuts to foreign aid.
The Starmer Government has largely avoided high-profile resignations
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