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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy Gibbons

Tory backbencher hints at leadership bid as wait for partygate report drags on

PA Wire

A backbench Tory MP who has been critical of the Government’s handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal has become the first to announce he intends to stand for leader if Boris Johnson is voted out.

It comes as the Prime Minister could finally get sight of the highly anticipated “partygate” inquiry report from senior civil servant Sue Gray as early as this weekend, after police insisted they had not delayed its publication.

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