SAMUEL KASUMU is a senior government adviser on ethnic minorities, and considered leaving his post due to the atmosphere at Number 10 Downing Street.

In his resignation letter which was leaked by the BBC, he said: “I fear for what may become of the party in the future by choosing to pursue a politics steeped in division.”

It is reported that he decided to continue in the role, after a discussion with vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi on Thursday evening.

Previously, he had planned to resign by May, by which time he hoped that most adults would have received their vaccines.

Kasumu said the work he had been doing to facilitate the vaccine rollout was the most important thing that he had ever been involved in.

‘I waited and waited’

Kasumu also mentioned disappointment that no one from the government had challenged Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch’s treatment of Huffpost UK journalist Nadine White.

In his letter, he wrote: “I believe the Ministerial Code was breached.

“However, more concerning than the act, was the lack of response internally. It was not ok or justifiable, but somehow nothing was said.

“I waited, and waited, for something from the senior leadership team to even point to an expected standard, but it did not materialise.”

The journalist, who previously worked at The Voice, asked Kemi Badenoch why she had not appeared in a video where ethnic minority MP’s encouraged their communities to take the vaccine.

Badenoch decided not to reply to the email, and instead tweeted about the incident, linking Nadine’s behaviour to the spread of fake news.

As a result of the abuse she received, the journalist made her social media account private.

In the past, Kasumu has written for Huffpost about the implications of David Cameron’s Big Society rhetoric in practice, and how to tackle youth unemployment.

He is also an entrepreneur who has done plenty of work to help those from ethnic minorities gain employment.