A senior Conservative MP has accused Number 10 Downing Street of 'blackmailing' fellow MPs over their consideration of removing Boris Johnson.
William Wragg, chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, told MPs this morning that Tory whips, Special Advisors, Ministers, and others had threatened to withdraw funding to constituencies whose MPs did not support the embattled prime minister.
The extraordinary intervention came as calls to remove the prime minister had settled after yesterday's blockbuster PMQs, with many MPs saying they are waiting for the outcome of Sue Gray's investigation.
