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How Boris Johnson's excuses for giving Chris Pincher top job changed over six days

Downing Street has changed its position on what it knew about the MP for Tamworth.

Daily Record

Tory MPs line up to condemn Boris Johnson’s handling of Chris Pincher scandal

TORY MPs lined up in the House of Commons to publicly condemn Boris Johnson’s handling of the Chris Pincher affair, with senior figures urging…

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson ‘did not immediately recall’ being briefed about Chris Pincher

PM forgot he had been told about investigation that upheld complaint about Pincher’s behaviour, minister says

The Guardian - UK

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Reality is finally dawning on the cabinet: Boris Johnson is NOT your friend

Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid have decided they’re finally done with 2022’s full-scale debasement of public life, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Now Tories claim Boris Johnson 'FORGOT' about Chris Pincher probe in bizarre new excuse

Ex-Foreign Office official Sir Simon McDonald demanded No10 'come clean' and said they're 'still not telling the truth' about what Boris Johnson knew

Daily Mirror

Senior civil servant calls radio phone-in to warn of 'dangerous No10 lies'

No10 has shifted its account of what Boris Johnson knew of Chris Pincher's past conduct when he made him deputy chief whip in February.

Daily Mirror

New Johnson scandal deepens with claims by ex-civil servant

The latest scandal to hit British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has deepened

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All No10's Chris Pincher 'lies' in order as Boris Johnson summons miserable Cabinet

Stony-faced ministers stared across the table after they were sent out to 'lie' about what Boris Johnson knew of the Chris Pincher case. We have compiled all the things No10 said in order - and why they're being branded untrue

Daily Mirror

Simon McDonald: ex-top civil servant who accuses No 10 of misleading public

With four decades of experience as a diplomat and official, the 61-year-old is an unlikely figure to accuse a government of lying

The Guardian - UK

Carol Vorderman slams 'appalling lying' government after GMB interview

Dominic Raab is said to have been 'squirming' during a Good Morning Britain interview

Liverpool Echo

UK PM Boris Johnson loses two ministers in grave blow

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting for his political survival on Tuesday after finance minister Rishi Sunak and another senior minister abruptly resigned over the latest scandal to blight his administration.

Reuters

Nadhim Zahawi becomes chancellor and Steve Barclay health secretary, replacing Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid – as it happened

Education secretary replaces Sunak with Steve Barclay becoming the new health secretary

The Guardian - UK

No 10 not telling truth over Chris Pincher, says former top civil servant

Boris Johnson briefed in person about 2019 complaint of alleged groping by ex-deputy chief whip, says Simon McDonald

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson 'lying' about Chris Pincher scandal, former chief civil servant says

BORIS Johnson was briefed “in person” about Chris Pincher’s misconduct, a former chief civil servant has said as he rubbished the Prime…

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Daily Record

Boris Johnson was 'briefed in person' about Chris Pincher inquiry as top official suggests No10 lied

In a letter to the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Kathryn Stone, Sir Simon McDonald suggested Downing Street lied.

The Independent UK

Downing Street lying about Chris Pincher sex pest complaint, top civil servant says

Lord McDonald says Boris Johnson was specifically briefed about complaint despite denial

Manchester Evening News

Violent thug who poured Coke over his girlfriend and a paedophile with history of sex crimes - The criminals locked up in Manchester this week

Jail sentences are handed out to the worst offenders each week and Manchester Evening News reporters are in court to cover the most serious cases

Liverpool Echo

Paedophile hid phone with 'vile and extreme' images of babies in bin

Simon McDonald had a history of sex crimes

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