Boris Johnson

The resignations of Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid have plunged Boris Johnson's premiership in peril, with expectations growing that he will be forced to quit ...

Mr Johnson reportedly concluded a meeting of 80 or so Tory MPs on Tuesday evening following the resignation of his two close Cabinet ministers. It has been a shambles,” he said. During that time, Mr Johnson would formally offer his resignation to the Queen and await the result of the leadership contest before leaving his post. What a shambles. In a series of flip-flopping statements over the past week, No 10’s position changed from categoric denials that the Prime Minister knew of any allegations against Mr Pincher, to suggestions on Tuesday that Mr Johnson had been personally briefed about the accusations – but later forgot. Tory MPs and senior civil servants have spoken out in recent weeks about their growing distrust of Mr Johnson, who only narrowly survived a confidence vote last month, while his response to Mr Pincher’s departure last week marked the latest in a long series of scandals blighting the Prime Minister.

PM forgot he had been told about investigation that upheld complaint about Pincher's behaviour, minister says.

“At the time, last week, that was the prime minister’s view,” he said. Describing the 2019 investigation, Ellis said: “The exercise established that while the minister meant no harm, what had occurred caused a high level of discomfort. It is not my understanding that he was directly briefed.” “This information does take time to establish.” He said Johnson was briefed in late 2019 about the complaint about Pincher’s behaviour at the Foreign Office. “Last week, when fresh allegations arose, the prime minister did not immediately recall the conversation in late 2019 about this incident. Ellis said: “The prime minister was made aware of this issue in late 2019.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was dealt a huge blow on Tuesday when two of his top ministers announced their resignations, saying they could no ...

Javid added that the vote of confidence in the prime minister last month "was a moment for humility, grip and new direction." Johnson has faced numerous other scandals that have hit his standing in the polls -- despite his 80-seat landslide victory just two-and-a-half years ago. Backing him when he mocked the sacrifices of the British people," the Labour Party leader said in a statement released after the two resignations. "In preparation for our proposed joint speech on the economy next week, it has become clear to me that our approaches are fundamentally too different," Sunak added in the letter. The most immediate controversy facing Johnson is Downing Street's handling of last week's resignation of deputy chief whip Chris Pincher, who stepped down from his post last Thursday amid allegations he had groped two guests at a private dinner the night before. "The public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously," Sunak said in his resignation letter.

Boris Johnson was told of a complaint against Conservative MP Chris Pincher two years before promoting him, a minister said, in a major concession from the ...

Chancellor says government must be run 'properly, competently and seriously'; health secretary adds 'I can no longer continue in good conscience'

But the executive of the 1922 Committee can change the rules whenever it wants. The Sunak resignation is the most serious of the two. The two byelection defeats almost two weeks ago prompted calls for cabinet ministers to mount a coup against Boris Johnson, and it finally it seems to be happening.

A government minister has confirmed that Boris Johnson was briefed about concerns over former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher's behaviour in 2019 whil...

To characterise the allegations as “unsubstantiated” is therefore wrong," he continued. I think there will be another confidence vote in autumn after the privilege report.” What message does this send to the British people facing a cost-of-living crisis while their government is paralysed by scandal?" And then [Pincher] continued to serve in his post for a number of months.” I don't believe that that was a formal meeting to inform him of that,” they said. “A complaint was made.

UK prime minister's story kept changing. Now he's lost his Chancellor and Health Secretary.

And I have been given a categorical assurance that the prime minister was not aware of any specific allegation or complaint made against the former deputy chief whip.” July 5: 7 a.m. Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab, on a media round, confirms Pincher was investigated over alleged inappropriate behavior while he was a minister at the Foreign Office, but says this did not result in disciplinary action. Simultaneously in the House of Commons, Paymaster General Michael Ellis tells MPs the PM had been told, but “did not immediately recall the conversation.” 6:11 p.m.: Rishi Sunak quits, writing on Twitter: “The public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously. “It is clear to me that this situation will not change under your leadership – and you have therefore lost my confidence too.” Late in 2019: Johnson is made aware of the complaint upheld against Pincher by Foreign Office officials following the investigation. Pincher denies the allegations and a party investigation later clears him of wrongdoing. June 30: Pincher resigns saying he “embarrassed himself” after drinking far too much. I don’t believe he was aware.” Despite this knowledge, the prime minister appointed him to be deputy chief whip, a role which – ironically – involves enforcing party discipline. Summer of 2019: Officials complain to chief diplomat Simon McDonald about Pincher’s behavior. The allegations are described by McDonald as “similar” to allegations of his conduct at the Carlton Club last week.

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talkTV news channelthat he no longer supported the prime minister and that he believes both the Tory party and the country feel the same. Saqib Bhatti, Javid’s parliamentary aide, also quit, saying recent events had “undermined trust and standards in public life.” Johnson has meanwhile favored a tax-and-spend approach that has riled some on his backbenchers. Officials in both Sunak and Javid’s team insisted their resignations, which came nine minutes apart, were not coordinated. In his own letter, Sunak said leaving was a decision he had not taken lightly, and said the public had a right for government to be conducted “properly, competently and seriously.” Other more junior government figures swiftly followed.

The two ministers resigned after a day in which the prime minister acknowledged he had changed his story on how he handled sexual misconduct allegations ...

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The two major resignations did not lead to an immediate further deluge of cabinet ministers quitting but Tory MPs critical of Johnson still believe this means ...

A string of Sunak supporters, including Huw Merriman and Kevin Hollinrake, were among those to applaud the former chancellor. But I think it feels different in that patience is wearing thin.” Neither explicitly mentioned the sexual misconduct and Partygate scandals that have dogged the government for months.