The inside story of why the Government U-Turned on partygate vote

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The inside story of why the Government U-Turned on partygate vote
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Faced with the prospect of a sizeable number of Conservative MPs voting against or abstaining on the amendment to delay the probe, ministers had little choice but to ditch the plan. Although Labour’s motion is now expected to be passed, initiating what Labour MP Chris Bryant said was the first Privileges Committee investigation into a Prime Minister in history, it is likely to go through ‘on the nod’ meaning Conservative MPs won’t have to vote for or against it.

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