
The resignations of Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid from Boris Johnson’s Cabinet tonight come just hours ahead of the prime minister reaching a symbolic milestone in his time in Downing Street.
Mr Johnson is currently on the 1,077th day of his premiership: almost level with the 1,078 days spent in office by Neville Chamberlain, who was Conservative prime minister between 1937 and 1940.