James Purnell quits the Cabinet

A leadership election cannot be far off now. You can read some more of James Purnell's history with Gordon Brown here.

Whilst Sky lead on this story, the BBC seem not to have yet had instructions on how to spin this and so the news is leading on the Barry Sheerman story, whilst the BBC news website leads on the Obamamessiah.

James Purnell has also asked Gordon Brown to quit.