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The Latest Breaking News from the Privileges Committee

The fall of Boris Johnson: How we got here and what comes next

In the fog of the Tory civil war it’s good to know how we got here, writes Sean O’Grady

The Independent UK

No 10 defends partygate probe MPs after Johnson criticises ‘kangaroo court’

The Privileges Committee’s report on whether the former prime minister lied to Parliament with his partygate assurances could be released within days.

The Independent UK

Tory civil war enflamed as Sunak accuses Johnson of ‘not right’ peerage demands

The Prime Minister said his one-time Conservative ally asked him to ‘do something I wasn’t prepared to do’.

The Independent UK

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'It's a matter for MPs': Michael Gove distances UK Government from partygate probe

The Privileges Committee will meet in the wake of Johnson’s dramatic resignation last week, to conclude its inquiry into whether the former prime…

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson formally quits as an MP, Treasury confirms, after day marked by war of words with Rishi Sunak – as it happened

Boris Johnson accepts post of crown steward and bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds after accusing PM of talking ‘rubbish’

The Guardian - UK

Another Boris Johnson ally quits as MP

Boris Johnson has been accused of being a coward for quitting as an MP before the findings of a cross-party investigation into whether he lied to the Commons

Wales Online

Boris Johnson’s exit ‘very Trumpian’, says his former press secretary

The former PM resigned as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip saying he was ‘bewildered and appalled’ at the Privileges Committee’s investigation into him

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'To me, he is a coward': Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner labels former PM Boris Johnson a 'disgrace' over resignation

'To me, he is a coward. He knows that the Privileges Committee has seen through this fiasco and he has jumped.'

Manchester Evening News

Johnson labelled a ‘coward’ for quitting as MP before partygate report released

Labour leader Angela Rayner said the former prime minister had ‘jumped’ to avoid facing a potential by-election test.

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner brands Boris Johnson a coward and slams his 'unforgivable lies'

After Boris Johnson announced he is quitting as an MP, Deputy Labour Leader Angela Rayner said the former PM is 'a coward' who needs to 'accept responsibility for the consequences of his own actions'

Daily Mirror

Priti Patel leads tributes to ‘political titan’ Boris Johnson after former PM quits as MP

‘Boris Johnson has served our country and his constituency with distinction. He led world in supporting Ukraine, got Brexit done, and was our most electorally successful Prime Minister since Margaret Thatcher,’ Ms Patel said

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson ally becomes third Tory MP to resign within 24 hours – as it happened

Nigel Adams joins Boris Johnson and Nadine Dorries in stepping down with immediate effect

The Guardian - UK

Every word Boris Johnson said as the former Prime Minister quit as an MP

Here is the full text of Boris Johnson’s resignation statement

Wales Online

Nation’s papers have a mixed response to Boris Johnson’s resignation

Differing opinions of ‘a giant felled’ and ‘professional clown’ as newspapers react to ex-PM’s resignation.

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The Independent UK

Boris Johnson: The former PM who promised to get Brexit done

His resignation statement on Friday came just hours after the Government published his long-awaited resignation honours list.

Manchester Evening News

'There is a witch hunt under way'....Boris Johnson's resignation statement in full as former PM lashes out

He believes there is a plot to 'drive him out'

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson's resignation statement in FULL as he lashes out over Partygate humiliation

The disgraced former PM said he was 'bewildered and appalled that I'm being forced out’ as he announced he would quit as the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip immediately

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s resignation statement in full

The prime minister has quit over a privileges committee investigation into his conduct

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The Hindu

HC closes appeals related to privilege proceedings initiated during AIADMK regime against Stalin, 17 other DMK legislators

The Madras High Court closed a batch of writ appeals filed in 2020 by the then Tamil Nadu Assembly Secretary and the Privileges Committee against an interim stay order passed by a single judge in September that year against the breach of privilege proceedings initiated against then Leader of Opposition…

Evening Standard

Johnson sent findings of Partygate probe into whether he misled MPs – report

The former prime minister could face suspension from the Commons or even a by-election if the committee finds him in contempt of Parliament

The Independent UK

Johnson given findings of probe into whether he misled MPs over parties – report

The former prime minister could face suspension from the Commons or even a by-election if the committee finds him in contempt of Parliament.

Newsroom.co.nz

A hard balance to strike between revolving door politics and old timers

The relatively short political careers of most of our MPs raises questions about the way Parliament functions, and the operation of our system of government

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson has ‘huge role to play’ in politics, says Cabinet minister amid police referral

The backing comes after the former prime minister hit out at the Cabinet Office for handing entries from his diary during the pandemic to the police

The Independent UK

Barclay insists Johnson has ‘huge role to play’ in politics amid police referral

The backing comes after the former prime minister hit out at the Cabinet Office for handing entries from his diary during the pandemic to the police.

The Independent UK

Furious Boris Johnson refuses to say who is trying to ‘stitch him up’

The former prime minister said entries in his official diary handed over to police ‘merely record events in my day’

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