Boris Johnson misled the Commons in five different ways, the Privileges Committee has found.
The former Prime Minister resigned as an MP last Friday, June 9, ahead of an anticipated Privileges Committee report investigating allegations whether he knowingly misled the House of Commons. The report from the cross-party investigation, published today, June 15, said Mr Johnson committed "repeated contempts" of Parliament with his partygate denials that merited a 90-day suspension.
The Privileges Committee's recommended suspension for acts, including deliberately misleading MPs, would have paved the way for a by-election for the former prime minister if he had not resigned in anticipation. Mr Johnson hit out at what he called a "deranged conclusion", accusing the Tory-majority group of MPs he has repeatedly sought to disparage of lying.
