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The Latest Breaking News from Downing Street

Labour seeks to ensure Johnson quickly appoints new ethics adviser

Opposition motion would mean potentially hostile candidate could get job if role is not filled within two months

The Guardian - UK

Labour calls vote to give MPs powers to appoint new ethics adviser

The proposals would give a parliamentary committee the right to initiate its own investigations into potential breaches of the ministerial code.

The Independent UK

Downing Street intervened over 'false' claim PM tried to give Carrie a job

A report by the Times included a claim that the Boris Johnson sought to appoint Carrie as his chief of staff when he was Foreign Secretary before they were married

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Boris Johnson ‘feeling well’ and due to take meetings after minor operation

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said the routine procedure ‘went well’ and Mr Johnson is ‘pleased to be back in No 10’.

The Independent UK

UK PM Boris Johnson getting back to work after routine operation

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had a minor, routine operation under general anaesthetic on Monday related to his sinuses, his spokesman said, adding he had recovered well and would take meetings at his Downing Street office.

Reuters

No 10 confirms it asked the Times to drop Carrie Johnson story

Newspaper swiftly withdrew article alleging Boris Johnson tried to hire his future wife as chief of staff

The Guardian - UK

Downing Street admits Number 10 spoke to The Times before Carrie Johnson story was dropped

DOWNING Street has admitted there were conversations between Number 10 and The Times before the newspaper dropped a report that claimed Boris…

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No 10 spoke to Times before Carrie Johnson story pulled, Downing Street admits

The Times dropped a story claiming Boris Johnson tried to hire his now wife as his chief of staff when he was Foreign Secretary.

The Independent UK

No 10 reiterates denials Boris Johnson tried to hire Carrie as his chief of staff in Foreign Office

Downing Street on Monday reiterated denials that the Prime Minister attempted to place his then girlfriend in a £100,000 a year Government job while he was Foreign Secretary, and suggestions No 10 suppressed the story when it appeared in the press.

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson undergoes hospital operation under general anaesthetic

Prime Minister is said to be recovering at home

Leeds Live

Boris Johnson recovering at home after being taken to hospital for operation

The Prime Minister was taken to hospital at 6am.

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson undergoes ‘minor routine operation’ for sinuses

Downing Street said the Prime Minister was resting at home after going under general anaesthetic at a London hospital.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson taken to hospital for surgery

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has stepped up to be acting PM for at least the next day while Mr Johnson recuperates

Wales Online

Boris Johnson put under general anaesthetic for hospital operation as Dominic Raab runs country

Surgery was scheduled for some time and was not an emergency, Downing Street says

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Wales Online

Two people failed to fill in Partygate questionnaires, police say

Officers haded out more than 200 questionnaires while investigating lockdown breaching parties in Downing Street and Whitehall

Daily Mirror

Top Boris Johnson strategist repeatedly branded NHS 's***e' in unearthed tweeets

David Canzini, who joined Downing Street in February, said a petition to “save” the health service was a “stupid waste of time” in a string of messages in 2011

The Guardian - UK

Geidt doubles down on claims No 10 wanted to break international law

PM’s former ethics adviser says reason given by Downing Street for his resignation was a ‘distraction’

The Independent UK

Downing Street urges employers to allow staff to work from home during rail strikes

Half of Britain’s rail lines will be closed on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

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The Independent UK

Ethics adviser resigned over ‘final straw’ after partygate, says predecessor

Lord Geidt is the second ministerial interests adviser to quit under Boris Johnson’s premiership.

Daily Mirror

'Lord Geidt's resignation is proof of rottenness at the heart of Downing Street'

Lord Geidt resigned saying he was put in an 'impossible and odious' position by Boris Johnson. His predecessor, Sir Alex Allan, quit as the PM refused to sack Priti Patel for breaking the ministerial code

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Lord Geidt’s departure: ousted by a delinquent PM

Editorial: Boris Johnson is a dangerous leader who thinks that rules do not apply to him and that ethical standards are for the birds

The Guardian - UK

Lord Geidt heads for the exit, and Johnson’s Britain looks ever more like a fragile state

The thuggishness of this government increasingly mirrors the behaviour of discredited regimes, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson ‘carefully considering’ not replacing Lord Geidt as ethics adviser

Labour demanded a new ministerial interests adviser was installed, with the PM having ‘debased standards and rigged the rules for far too long’

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson could scrap ethics chief entirely after second one quits in a row

Lord Geidt dramatically resigned after Boris Johnson forced him into an 'odious' position by asking him to consider a plan that deliberately breached the ministerial code

Daily Record

Boris Johnson unable to say if a new ethics adviser will be appointed

Downing Street would not confirm that Lord Geidt will be replaced as suspicions rose that the resignation was provoked by the Prime Minister's continued disregard for the Ministerial code.

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