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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Boris Johnson will face no-confidence vote by July, says senior Tory MP

Reuters

Boris Johnson is likely to face a no-confidence vote within three months over the Partygate scandal, according to a senior Conservative MP opposed to his leadership.

Mark Harper – who has sent a letter of no-confidence letter to the Tory backbenchers’ 1922 Committee – said he expected 54 letters needed to trigger a vote to be submitted before parliament’s summer recess in July.

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