Tory tensions grow as Prime Minister is urged to become a 'sleaze buster'
as the party chairman after an independent inquiry found he was guilty of “serious” breaches of the ministerial code.is preventing Mr Sunak from being able to appeal to voters and put the Conservative Party in a better position in the polls.
The MP added: “Johnson appeared to treat the code as advisory. The damage he did to behaviour in Government must be reversed and the way he has handled Zahawi suggests Rishi can do that.” He added that Mr Sunak should now try to define himself as a “sleaze buster” in a bid to put clear water between himself and Mr Johnson.
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