Boris Johnson’s prime ministership was looking fatally undermined on Wednesday as he was hit by a string of new ministerial resignations, while a series of previously loyal backbench MPs withdrew support over the Chris Pincher affair.
A day after Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, and the health secretary, Sajid Javid, quit government, followed by several junior ministers, two more ministers and one government aide announced their departure, giving a total of more than a dozen.
