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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Gavin Cordon

Geidt says he quit over ‘important issue of principle’

PA Wire

Boris Johnson’s former ethics adviser Lord Geidt has said he quit the post on “an important issue of principle”.

In a letter clarifying his position, Lord Geidt said the “cautious language” in his letter of resignation may have led to the conclusion he was standing down over “some narrow technical consideration of steel tariff”.

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