Liz Truss adviser suspended after Sajid Javid was insulted

Jason Stein understood to have been suspended before inquiry into briefings against MPs

Jason Stein, one of Liz Truss's key advisers, is understood to have been suspended from his job before an investigation into insulting briefings about MPs, including one over the weekend accusing Sajid Javid of being shit".

Truss's press secretary, answering queries after prime minister's questions, said he could not comment on individual staffing matters but did not deny reports that Stein had been suspended, saying that Truss believed some briefings about parliamentary colleagues were completely unacceptable".