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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gavin Cordon

No 10 efforts to save Johnson are illegal, Commons standards chairman claims

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The senior MP who heads the Commons “sleaze” watchdog has warned Government attempts to pressurise Tory MPs seeking to oust Boris Johnson are illegal.

Chris Bryant chairman of the Commons Standards Committee, said threats to withdraw public funding from MPs’ constituencies amounted to “misconduct in public office” and should be referred to the police.

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