Here is a summary of this evening's most important political developments
Boris Johnson is stepping down as an MP with immediate effect and says he is ‘bewildered and appalled’ at being ‘forced out’. He took the move after the Privileges Committee of the House of Commons found he misled Parliament and recommended sanctions of more than 10 days.
The Privileges Committee to meet on Monday to conclude inquiry into whether Johnson misled MPs.
Johnson claims attempt to reverse Brexit behind his being found to have misled parliament.
‘Good riddance’ was how some opposition MPs reacted to Johnson’s resignation.
Johnson said there was ‘not a shred of evidence’ he misled Commons as he steps down and that the Tories must ‘recapture momentum’ in a stinging resignation rebuke to the Sunak government.
The Guardian has created a timeline of alleged lockdown parties and UK deaths, what Covid rules were in place at the time and what Boris Johnson said.
The Partygate scandal has been thrown back into the spotlight after Boris Johnson quit as an MP in anger at an investigation which found he misled parliament over lockdown-breaking events in Downing Street.
With more than 220,000 Covid deaths to date, the Guardian plots the UK death toll against dates on which the staff parties are alleged to have occurred, as well as other alleged breaches of lockdown rules and Johnson’s comments on the gatherings.
