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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Kingsley

Boris Johnson to ‘step up’ campaigning as he ‘braces for worst-case scenario by-election’

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Boris Johnson will step up campaigning in his constituency as concerns grow that he will face a by-election within months if he is found to have deliberately misled Parliament over Downing Street lockdown parties.

It comes after Tory polling guru Lord Hayward warned the former prime minister would lose his Uxbridge and Ruislip seat if he is punished severely by the cross-party committee and forced to fight for his seat.

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