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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

Tory MP resigns from government with stinging rebuke at 'toxic culture' in Downing Street

A Tory MP today resigned from government with a stinging rebuke over the “toxic culture” in partying Downing Street.

Paul Holmes quit his junior role as a Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Home Office after being “distressed” by Sue Gray's revelations that cleaners and security were disrespected.

Unlike more than 20 Tory MPs, he did not publicly call for Boris Johnson ’s resignation in today’s statement and instead said the PM “deserves great credit” for his work on Covid.

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