UK PM Johnson faces no-confidence vote, fall-out from 'partygate' scandal

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves to the media as he leaves 10 Downing Street for the House of Commons to make a statement about Downing Street parties during the coronavirus lockdowns in London, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. AP - Alastair Grant

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a vote of no confidence as a growing number of MPs within the governing Conservative Party have questioned the leader's flagging authority in the wake of the so-called Covid "partygate" scandal.

Johnson, who has held the office of prime minister since 2019, has come under growing pressure from within his own party and has been unable to move on from an independent report that documented alcohol-fuelled parties at 10 Downing Street when Britain was under strict Covid lockdowns.