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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Tim Hanlon

Boris Johnson 'urged to make Jeremy Hunt chancellor by allies for dream team'

Boris Johnson is being advised to offer Jeremy Hunt the role of chancellor of the exchequer in a bid to bring stability as he tries to cling onto power, it is reported.

The prime minister survived a vote of no confidence 211 to 148 on Monday after months of allegations that he lied over parties in Downing Street.

But he was left humiliated with a cloud over his future after 41% of his own MPs voted to topple him - just 906 days after his 2019 election landslide.

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