Labour MP Josh Simons has resigned as a Cabinet Office minister, just days after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer asked his ethics adviser to investigate him. Simons faced claims the think tank he used to run before he became an MP commissioned a report that looked into the background of journalists. Confirming his resignation on X, the Labour MP said he had "become a distraction from this government's important work". Sir Keir said he had accepted the resignation "with sadness", adding that ethics adviser Sir Laurie Magnus found Simons had not breached the ministerial code. "I want to express my thanks for the commitment, focus, and energy you have brought to ministerial office," Sir Keir added. In his letter, Simons said he "never sought to smear" the Guardian and Sunday Times journalists investigated by APCO Worldwide, and paid tribute to their work.…