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London (AFP) - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday dismissed new allegations that his aides had tried to "blackmail" and threaten Conservative rebels, in a potentially criminal twist to Downing Street's "partygate" scandal.

A U.K. Conservative lawmaker accused Boris Johnson’s parliamentary fixers of “intimidation” and “blackmail” as they battled to fend off a challenge to the prime minister’s leadership this week, and urged members of Parliament to report the matter to the police.

Bury South MP Christian Wakeford backed up bombshell claims that Tory critics have been warned they could lose constituency cash for defying Boris Johnson

Steve Baker questions whether PM can ‘save himself’ as pressure mounts

Boris Johnson insisted he had seen no evidence to support claims of intimidating tactics being used.

Conservative MP William Wragg accused Number 10 of threatening to pull funding in constituencies of Tory backbenchers thinking of submitting a letter of no confidence to the PM

A lawmaker from Britain’s governing Conservatives has accused the government of blackmailing opponents of Prime Minister Boris Johnson

He said: 'The intimidation of a member of parliament is a serious matter'

Christian Wakeford allegation comes as senior Tory urges MPs to report claims of attempted blackmail

Mr Wragg advised colleagues to 'report these matters to the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police'

William Wragg has lifted the lid on the strong-arm tactics being used by Government whips to quell the Tory rebellion against Boris Johnson and said they were probably illegal.