Nadhim Zahawi has denied he threatened to quit government as Boris Johnson was hit by resignation chaos - with two more ministers stepping down this morning.
The government has seen a crisis reshuffle after former chancellor Rishi Sunak and former health secretary Sajid Javid - along with the Tory vice chair and a slew of junior aides - resigned in protest of the prime minister’s leadership.
Mr Zahawi has moved from education secretary to chancellor, denying reports he had threatened to go if Liz Truss got the Treasury job over him.
Resignations continued to trickle in on Wednesday morning, including former ministers Will Quince, who said he could not accept being sent with inaccurate information over the Chris Pincher scandal, and Robin Walker.
There is mounting fury among Tory benches after No 10 admitted the PM was aware when promoting Mr Pincher - accused of sexual harassment - to a role in charge of MPs’ welfare about an upheld misconduct complaint.
