Lord Geidt - Boris Johnson’s independent adviser on ministerial interests - has resigned. According to a brief statement on the Government’s website on Wednesday evening, the peer tendered his resignation to the Prime Minister.
It comes a day after Lord Geidt declined to deny to MPs that he had considered resigning over Mr Johnson’s response to being fined for breaching lockdown rules. The statement said: “With regret, I feel that it is right that I am resigning from my post as independent adviser on ministers’ interests.”
Mr Johnson is said to be totally surprised by Lord Geidt’s resignation as his ethics chief. A senior source in No 10 told the PA news agency: “We are surprised, this is a mystery to the PM. Only on Monday he said he would like to stay on for another six months.”
