British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday that Environment Secretary Zack Goldsmith had been asked to apologize for criticizing a parliamentary committee, but had decided to resign instead.
Goldsmith was reprimanded on Thursday by a parliamentary committee that has been critical of the behavior of a group of allies of former prime minister Boris Johnson. Goldsmith resigned on Friday, saying Sunak was "not interested" in environmental issues.
"I accept your resignation," Sunak said in a letter to Goldsmith released by the Prime Minister's Office.
"You decided to take a different path," he added.
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