A reminder of the controversies which engulfed Boris Johnson’s government and ultimately led to his downfall
Liz Truss took over but lasted just 44 days in office, her premiership marred by economic turmoil and financial crisis. A contest to determine the next Conservative Party Leader, and the UK's next Prime Minister, is underway.
He backed Mr Paterson after the House of Commons Standards Committee found him guilty of breaching rules on paid lobbying by MPs, and whipped Conservatives to support an overhaul of the standards system rather than suspend Mr Paterson. November 30 2021 The first story of what would become “partygate” broke, with reports that Downing Street staff had held three gatherings almost a year earlier, when London was under lockdown restrictions.
But the Electoral Commission’s probe uncovered WhatsApp messages between Mr Johnson and Lord Brownlow about the revamp that raised further questions about what the then-Prime Minister knew about the source of the donations and whether the Tory donor was able to get access to ministers in return for helping to bankroll the work.
Two days later, the Liberal Democrats won the North Shropshire by-election, overturning Mr Paterson’s majority of 23,000 and securing a 6,000 majority of their own. A week later, Ms Gray published a censored version of her report into partygate that included several strong criticisms of Downing Street’s culture.
February 8 2022 The Prime Minister’s reset continued with a mini-reshuffle, appointing Chris Pincher as deputy chief whip alongside chief whip Chris Heaton-Harris after they ran a shadow whipping operation to shore up support for Mr Johnson as MPs sought to oust him over partygate allegations. Mr Johnson offered a “full apology” as opposition parties characterised him as the first prime minister to have been found to be in breach of the law.
Tiverton and Honiton was snatched by the Liberal Democrats in a June by-election, overturning a Conservative majority of more than 24,000. June 6 2022 The Government’s anti-corruption tsar resigned from his post and called on the Prime Minister to do the same, accusing him of breaking the Ministerial Code.
June 15 2022 Lord Geidt resigned as ethics adviser a day after telling MPs it was “reasonable” to suggest the Prime Minister broke the ministerial code by breaching lockdown laws.
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