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Cabinet ministers demand Boris Johnson quits No 10

Grant Shapps, Brandon Lewis and Simon Hart were among a delegation of top ministers are understood to be telling the PM to go.

The Independent UK

Wales won't receive £43bn windfall from offshore windfarms, says Plaid Cymru

Instead, the billions made from proposed windfarms in the Welsh Celtic Sea will go to UK Treasury and the Royal Family

Wales Online

From big dog Johnson to ‘big grope’ Chris Pincher: another day in Westminster’s ‘normal’ workplace

Of course the PM and his allies backed their disgraced deputy chief whip. Just two scandals? That hardly registers these days, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Top Tory in drunken 'groping' incident at the Carlton Club may be expelled from party

Pressure grows for former Deputy Chief Whip Chris Pincher to be punished

Chronicle Live

Tory MP Chris Pincher loses whip over groping claims – as it happened

Latest updates: former deputy chief whip suspended from party

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Tory deputy chief whip may lose whip by end of day, Cabinet minister suggests

Welsh Secretary Simon Hart hinted Chris Pincher may be expelled from the party as ‘conversations’ are held over sexual misconduct allegations.

The Independent UK

No 10 denies PM knew of Chris Pincher misconduct claims before promotion

Pincher resigned as deputy chief whip after reports he drunkenly groped two men at a private club

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Who is Christopher Pincher? Ex-Tory whip resigns after losing suspension appeal

Chris Pincher apologised to the PM for his conduct after he ’embarrassed’ himself and others

Evening Standard

Cabinet minister hints Chris Pincher who resigned over ‘groping’ claims could lose Tory whip today

Labour and other Tory MPs have called on the party to expel MP

The Independent UK

How Welsh Conservative MPs voted in Boris Johnson's no confidence vote and why

Plenty gave the PM their support

Wales Online

Simon Hart said to be 'deluded' after claiming confidence vote wasn't a disaster for Boris Johnson

The Welsh secretary has done the broadcast rounds, but maybe not got the result he hoped for

Wales Online

We asked every Conservative MP in Wales if they will support Boris Johnson but very few replied

Unfortunately we didn't get many answers

Wales Online

A referendum should be held on increasing the size of the Senedd, says Welsh Secretary

The most senior Welsh Tory at Westminster has been a vocal critic of expanding the Senedd to 96 members

Wales Online

Conservatives in Wales anguish over how move on from their disastrous local elections

The Welsh wing is trying to distinguish itself from the UK party, but can it work?

Wales Online

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Wales Online

Short jokes, fat jokes and a half-empty auditorium: Two days at the Welsh Conservative conference

If the Welsh Conservatives are a party in rude health, you wouldn't necessarily know it from the party conference

Wales Online

First Minister accused of 'alarmist point scoring' after blaming UK Government for cutting 6,000 civil service jobs in Wales

Simon Hart MP said he was unsure how the First Minister had arrived at the figure

Wales Online

UK Government could give more help to struggling families as cost of living crisis deepens

Boris Johnson has warned there were limits on how much public money he was prepared to commit to addressing a global economic crisis

Wales Online

The political row over who can claim credit for a ferry proposal between Swansea and south west England

Swansea Conservatives said the idea had been driven forward by a Tory MP, Swansea Labour said it initiated 'formal discussions' between councils

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The Independent UK

Johnson defends Rwanda after concerns over ‘dismal’ human rights record

Some people who attempt to enter the UK by routes deemed ‘illegal’ by the Government will be sent more than 4,000 miles to the African nation.

Wales Online

Woman fined £200 for going to Sarah Everard vigil asks why Boris Johnson only got a £50 fine

he NHS worker was ordered to pay the fine after she attended the memorial

Evening Standard

Now is not time for leadership fight, Wales Secretary Simon Hart says

A minister said on Thursday that now was not the time for a “noisy leadership contest” in the Conservative Party as Boris Johnson faced the prospect of more partygate fines and a potential parliamentary investigation into whether he misled MPs.

Wales Online

'I'm ashamed' What people in Wales had to say about 'inhumane' plans to send asylum seekers arriving in the UK to Rwanda

On Thursday morning the Secretary of State for Wales Simon Hart appeared on Sky News to discuss the UK Government's intentions

Daily Mirror

Tory MP's 'car crash' TV interviews over new UK plan to send migrants to Rwanda

Tory MP and Secretary of State for Wales, Simon Hart, was criticised heavily on social media on Thursday after appearing on several breakfast TV shows including Sky News and Good Morning Britain

France 24

UK announces controversial plan to fly migrants and asylum-seekers to Rwanda

Britain will send migrants and asylum-seekers who cross the Channel thousands of miles away to Rwanda under a controversial deal announced Thursday as the government tries to clamp down on record numbers of people making the perilous journey.

The Independent UK

PM being fined again should not increase pressure on him to quit, says minister

Boris Johnson has not ruled out the prospect he could be issued with further fixed-penalty notices over events in Number 10 during lockdown.

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