Proposals for an independent watchdog to determine whether Government ministers and prime ministers have broken parliamentary rules has been dismissed.
Cabinet Office minister Michael Ellis rejected Labour's call, saying such a move would “usurp” the power of the Prime Minister - who only narrowly survived a vote of confidence in his leadership last night.
The proposal comes in the wake of the damning Sue Gray report into breaches of Covid regulations in Number 10 and Whitehall during lockdown.
