Former defence minister Tobias Ellwood has hailed Jeremy Hunt’s appointment as chancellor as a “wise inclusion.”
The influential Tory MP appears to have regained his Conservative whip, tweeting that he’s “off the… naughty step & back in Pty.”
Ellwood had the whip withdrawn – basically meaning he was kicked out of the parliamentary party while keeping his seat – after missing a vote of confidence in Boris Johnson’s government in July.
At the time, he said he’d been unable to return from a meeting overseas.
The Conservative Party has not yet commented.