Anger is growing within the Conservative Party over a series of alleged lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street, with an increasing number of MPs now calling for the prime minister to step down
Only a handful of Conservative MPs have publicly said they have submitted letters to the 1922 Committee, but according to the Telegraph, sources have estimated about 20 may have been handed in - although that is well short of the 54 needed to trigger a leadership vote.'Mass clearout' to save own skin
Martin Reynolds, the PM's principal private secretary who sent an email inviting staff to"bring your own booze" drinks in the Number 10 garden during the first coronavirus lockdown, and his deputy Stuart Glassborow are likely to be booted out, according to the newspaper.Downing Street chief of staff Dan Rosenfield's position could also be at risk but officials in Number 10 refused to be drawn on the reports of a staff shake-up when these were put to them.
He will focus on reducing the NHS backlog, tackling small boat crossings in the Channel, freezing the BBC licence fee for two years, and introducing a"booze ban" in Downing Street, the paper said.The spotlight has also turned on Mr Johnson's wife, Carrie, who was photographed in The Sunday Telegraph embracing a friend at a social event in London in September 2020.
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