The investment minister appointed by Sir Keir Starmer less than a year ago is to quit her role, dealing a fresh blow to the government's fledgling industrial strategy.

Sky News can exclusively reveal that Baroness Gustafsson of Chesterton, the former boss of cybersecurity firm Darktrace, intends to relinquish her ministerial role after just 11 months.

Sources said her departure could be announced in the coming days.

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One added that her successor was in the process of being lined up and could be announced shortly, although their identity could not be learned on Friday morning.

Baroness Gustafsson's resignation as a minister is said to be the result of her challenging professional schedule clashing with the demands of raising a

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