Boris Johnson is about to face a four-hour grilling by MPs investigating whether he knowingly misled Parliament over Partygate 🚨 Follow the latest with our live blog
The former Prime Ministerfor 10 days if the seven-strong cross-party Privileges Committee of MPs finds he recklessly misled the House – it could even trigger a by-election in his Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency.
Mr Johnson has acknowledged some of the statements he made when Partygate first broke had been wrong, but he insisted they had not been “intentionally or recklessly” misleading.
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