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Boris Johnson was slapped with a fine after a party was held in 10 Downing Street while Covid lockdown measures are in place - but the Tory leader has ...

"I think any Conservative MP that thinks this is just going to go away is making a huge mistake." and say that 'these are difficult times, I will give you the opportunity to support me through an actual vote of confidence'." They must do their patriotic duty and kick Boris Johnson out of Downing Street once and for all." He added: "For millions of people, complying with the rules really, really hurt. The PM will face a barrage of criticism today as he comes face to face with MPs for the first time since he paid a lockdown fine. The Northern Ireland Secretary told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "He has accepted the police's findings. The PM is due to make a statement in the Commons after 4.30pm as MPs return to Westminster after the Easter recess. Conservative MPs are not calling for the Prime Minister to go at the moment because "they are withholding their judgment and waiting to see what happens", he added. "Unless the Prime Minister looks to his own conscience and decides that he should do the right thing, we are not going to get the results that we should get and, frankly, the result that the public want us to get, which is that this Prime Minister should go." MPs will hold a vote on whether to refer the matter to the Privileges Committee, while Boris Johnson is trying to move on from Partygate on a visit to India. MPs will get a vote on referring the Prime Minister to the privileges committee to investigate if he misled Parliament, sources suggest. They found that the rule had been broken and that's why they fined him.

Unhappy MPs feel poor results would help their cause, but No 10 believes he has 'crossed Rubicon' and will cling on.

Boris Johnson is expected to face questions from MPs on Tuesday after being fined for breaching Covid rules.

Opposition parties are in the middle of manoeuvres aimed at destabilising Mr Johnson's leadership by forcing a Commons vote on his conduct.

Opposition MPs push for contempt inquiry while PM's allies criticise police's handling of affair.

It is thought the Prime Minister will focus on the crisis in Ukraine and the Rwanda migrant deal in a speech in the Commons.

A “war cabinet” could be formed insteading of holding a leadership contest if Boris Johnson is deposed as Prime Minister, a senior Tory has…

Boris Johnson, Carrie Johnson and Rishi Sunak's £50 Partygate fines may not feel like much, but there is a world where the PM's penalties could top £10000.

Prime Minister will assure MPs returning from the Easter recess that he recognises the strength of feeling over his punishment.

The PM will set out a 'business usual' agenda at the House of Commons after Easter break.

It is thought the Prime Minister will focus on the crisis in Ukraine and the Rwanda migrant deal in a speech in the Commons.

The move will force some Conservative MPs who have remained silent to publicly declare their stance.

Last week the PM was fined by the Metropolitan Police for attending a birthday bash thrown in his honour in the Cabinet room in June 2020, while coronavirus ...

Last week, while parliament was in recess, the Prime Minister accepted and paid a Fixed Penalty Notice from the Metropolitan Police for attending a birthday ...

The UK prime minister leaves a trail of scandals, U-turns and law-breaking as he reaches his milestone.

Boris Johnson 'will apologise' in the Commons for partygate as he allegedly faces an investigation into whether he misled Parliament.

Boris Johnson isn't just facing a hellish statement to Parliament today - it's also a dizzying countdown to the local elections and Queen's Speech.

It is thought the Prime Minister will focus on the crisis in Ukraine and the Rwanda migrant deal in a speech in the Commons.

The ministerial code, which bears Johnson's signature, says the punishment for misleading parliament is resignation. But since the prime minister is the only ...

The country cannot afford a prime minister who breaks the law and lies about it, especially when families are facing a cost of living crisis. Hoyle said: “It is not for me to determine whether or not the prime minister has committed a contempt. Now it’s time for parliament to do the same.

MPs will vote on Thursday whether to refer claims that Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled the House of Commons over 'Partygate” for a formal investigation ...

With Mr Johnson reported to have attended six of the 12 gatherings being probed by the Metropolitan Police, the Prime Minister could face more fines in the future adding to the pressure on his premiership. He was due to make another apology to MPs over the affair later on Tuesday. But sources said MPs were likely to be asked to vote on whether Mr Johnson may have misled the House when he repeatedly said that all rules had been followed following allegations of gatherings in Downing Street.

'I let them pile in drifts', Johnson wrote in unearthed passage – as minister compares Partygate fine to parking offence.

I let them pile in drifts against the windscreen ... until the fines just disintegrated in the rain.” The Stallion had Belgian plates,” he wrote. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The prime minister is reportedly ready to make a “full-throated apology” to MPs on Tuesday after paying a fine issued by police for attending a birthday bash in breach of Covid laws. But what did I care? The prime minister admitted he let tickets pile up until they “disintegrated” in his 2007 book Life in the Fast Lane: The Johnson Guide to Cars.

The UK prime minister needs to convince his own MPs he's sorry — and getting on with the job.

He accused the prime minister of “distortions and deflections,” saying of Johnson’s conduct: “This isn’t some fixable glitch in the system. Critics from Johnson’s own party predicted the vote this week would go his way. Johnson has claimed he attended only briefly and that it did not occur to him he was breaking the rules.

The PM offered a "wholehearted apology" to the House of Commons as he addressed MPs for the first time since paying his £50 fine, but claimed "it did not occur" ...

They know what he is." Sir Keir - and numerous other opposition MPs - say the prime minister is using the war in Ukraine as a "shield" from calls for his resignation, a strategy the Labour leader says is "pretty offensive". He added: "But the damage is already done. It’s who he is. “As the mealy-mouthed apology stumbles from one side of his mouth, more deflections and distortions come from the other," he said, “it’s what he does. The PM offered a "wholehearted apology" to the House of Commons as he addressed MPs for the first time since paying his £50 fine, but claimed "it did not occur" to him that the rules were being broken at his 56th birthday celebration in June 2020.

Latest updates: Brandon Lewis, the Northern Ireland secretary, says PM's fine for breaking lockdown rules is akin to parking ticket.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due to give a statement to Parliament later today (Tuesday, April 19). It will see Mr Johnson address MPs for the first time ...

It is thought the Prime Minister will focus on the crisis in Ukraine and the Rwanda migrant deal in a speech in the Commons.

MPs return from an 18-day recess on Tuesday, the first time the Prime Minister has faced them in the chamber since being fined for breaching Covid rules.

Although Tory MPs will almost certainly defeat the attempt, it would embarrass them by forcing them to block the inquiry, opposition parties believe. It is ...

“Secondly, it is not for me to determine whether or not the prime minister has committed a contempt. Now it’s time for parliament to do the same. They must do their patriotic duty and kick him out of Downing Street once and for all.”

'Not worthy of great office he holds': Senior Conservative backbencher calls for PM to go.

It is understood that there were brief discussions in No 10 over whether the trip should be pulled or shortened to avoid the embarrassment of imposing a three-line whip on MPs for a vote which the PM himself was not attending. But it’s probably going to be the autumn before anything happens.” Mr Johnson himself will miss the vote as he is in India for a two-day trade visit. Asked if he thought that he had broken the law, Mr Johnson replied: “I completely accept that the police are right and that’s why I paid the fine.” “If it was a one-off, he might get away with it. That was my mistake, and I apologise for it unreservedly.”

Brandon Lewis' attempt to compare the PM's fine for breaking lockdown rules to receiving a parking or speeding ticket is the latest in a series of arguments ...

Later that day, Johnson loyalist Conor Burns attempted to minimise the Cabinet Room event by saying “It was not a premeditated, organised party. He added: “I have been repeatedly assured that the rules were not broken… He was there for less than 10 minutes.” “I have been repeatedly assured since these allegations emerged that there was no party and that no Covid rules were broken.” Mr Johnson told the Commons that he apologised “unreservedly” for the offence the video had caused and “for the impression that it gives”. Labour Party leader, Sir Keir Starmer, said that under the rules in place at the time were that “you must not have a work Christmas lunch or party” and that Mr Johnson should have known that.

Prime minister addresses MPs 'with all humility' repeating apology for breach of lockdown rules.

Responding to Johnson’s statement, the Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, said: “What a joke. That was my mistake and I apologise for it unreservedly.” “I paid the fine immediately, and I offered the British public a full apology,” he said.

The Prime Minister received a fixed penalty notice from the Metropolitan Police.

If he has any decency, any dignity, he would not just apologise, he would resign.” “They know the damage the Prime Minister is doing, they know things can’t go on as they are, and they know it’s their responsibility to bring an end to this shameful chapter. “As soon as I received the notice, I acknowledged the hurt and anger and I said that people had a right to expect better of their Prime Minister – and I repeat that, Mr Speaker, again in the House now.

Boris Johnson apologised 89 times to MPs for breaking coronavirus laws by attending a lockdown birthday bash. On Thursday, he faces a vote on whether he ...

Former chief whip Mark Harper became the latest to call for Mr Johnson to quit and submit his letter of no confidence to trigger a leadership contest. Mr Johnson’s bid to refocus attention away from his law-breaking and on to the Ukraine crisis sparked fury among those who lost loved ones in the pandemic. They can ask to see the 300 photographs she handed over to Scotland Yard as evidence. “His claim that he didn’t realise rules were being broken is just laughable and shows he still takes us for idiots. Branding his speech a “joke,” he added: “But the damage is already done. It’s what he does, it’s who he is.

One former Tory minister told i that Mr Johnson was misguided if he believed he had the support of the party, branding the PM 'tragic'

I think that just shows what a law-abiding country we are.” On a standards matter it is quite another,” the MP said. No one will be jumping to his defence.” “There will be more fines. Mr Harper’s decision to hand in a letter of no confidence in the Prime Minister made him the 10th Tory to publicly declare he had written to the chair of the 1922 Committee, calling on the PM to resign. Mr Harper was the only Conservative to publicly call on him to step down, revealing that he had submitted a letter of no confidence in the Prime Minister, branding his actions as “indefensible”.

Sources close to the prime minister said he accused the senior clergyman of being “less vociferous” in his condemnation of Vladimir Putin than he was in his ...

Ms Patel insisted the deal complied with international laws and was part of wider efforts to combat people smuggling. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. After defending himself over Partygate, Mr Johnson went on to hit out at “senior members of the clergy” and the BBC over criticism of the plan to send migrants to Rwanda, following condemnation by the Archbishop of Canterbury and other bishops.

On Sunday, the Archbishop of Canterbury said the government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is "opposite the nature of God".

They want them to talk about their issues." Asked by Sky News as he arrived for the meeting flanked by cabinet ministers and Downing Street aides: "How's your mood, prime minister?" Sources close to the prime minister said he accused the archbishop of being "less vociferous" in his condemnation of President Putin than he was in his attack on the policy.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized for breaking his own Covid-19 restrictions, but claimed he didn't know the 2020 birthday gathering ...

It has since emerged he attended a number of events himself, including the birthday party for which he was penalized by police. The scandal, dubbed "Partygate," has led to calls for Johnson to quit and sunk his party in opinion polls. He was addressing lawmakers for the first time since being fined by police on April 13 for attending a birthday party thrown for him in Downing Street in June 2020, when large indoor gatherings were banned.

Sources said the Prime Minister made the attack in a speech to Tory MPs after apologising over his coronavirus fine.

The Prime Minister was said to have then added that the clergymen were “less vociferous” in their condemnation on Easter Sunday of Mr Putin than they were on the migration policy. Sources close to the Prime Minister said he accused the senior clergyman of being “less vociferous” in his condemnation of Russian President Vladimir Putin than he was in his attack on the policy. But sources said Mr Johnson accused “senior members of the clergy” of having “misconstrued the policy”.

A UK plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has been decried by NGOs as well as the UN refugee agency, which has criticised the plan to relocate migrants as ...

In addition to the £120 million-per-year lump sum, the UK will have to transfer the asylum seekers to Rwanda. Considering that a forced eviction costs, on average, €14,000 per person in France, you can imagine how much the UK plan will cost. The agreement contravenes asylum law and the Geneva Convention, to which the UK is a signatory. The UK has, de facto, decided to stop granting asylum, since only those who have entered the country legally – which is a tiny minority – will be able to claim asylum and live there as refugees. Boris Johnson, nevertheless, seems to be committed to a “whatever it takes” approach to the issue, which has strong political implications for him. If asylum is granted, refugees will not be able to go to the UK and will have to settle in Rwanda. In Nauru, Australian officers process the asylum cases and the refugees are then entitled to travel to Australia. Under the UK-Rwanda agreement, asylum is entirely outsourced.

The Prime Minister is set to leave on Wednesday ahead of talks with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.

But a second Government source insisted there was “no way” the latest trip will be cancelled, arguing it is “critical for jobs, trade, investment and diplomacy”. Mr Harper revealed he had submitted a letter to the 1922 Committee of backbench Conservatives calling for a no confidence vote after branding Mr Johnson’s actions “indefensible”. Instead, Mr Johnson apologised repeatedly for the “mistake” of his 56th birthday gathering in No 10 in June 2020, as the police investigation into further alleged parties continues.