But Boris Johnson's deputy says there is no suggestion his boss lied to Parliament over lockdown gatherings.
Mr Johnson previously told the House of Commons that Covid guidelines had been followed in Downing Street "at all times".ministers who deliberately mislead the Commons should quitHe added: "I think it is rather different to say that he lied, which suggests that he was deliberately misleading.
Mr Raab also said the prime minister had apologised over the gatherings in Downing Street and overhauled No 10's operations. One former minister says he will await the publication of the full report into the gatherings by senior civil servant Sue Gray.One former cabinet minister tells me he wants to keep Foreign Secretary Liz Truss out, while another expresses disappointment in Chancellor Rishi Sunak.
And Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper said: "Boris Johnson broke the rules then repeatedly lied because he thought he could get away with it. Now he has been found out as a serial liar.
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