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Torcuil Crichton

Boris Johnson facing urgent Commons question on claims he 'lied' over Chris Pincher conduct

Boris Johnson is facing urgent questions in parliament over what he knew about the behaviour of disgraced Tory MP Chris Pincher before appointing him as whip.

Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner has been granted an urgent question in the Commons on the Pincher row on Tuesday afternoon.

She will ask Cabinet Office Minister Michael Ellis to “make a statement on the mechanisms for upholding standards in public life” after a bombshell claim from a former top civil servant that Downing Street was not being honest.

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