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       Boris Johnson says no-confidence vote win ‘decisive’ despite mass Tory rebellion

       Boris Johnson’s position is “unsustainable” after he scraped through a confidence vote with over 40 per cent of MPs attempting to remove him, William Hague has said.

       The former Conservative leader said the prime minister experienced a “greater level of rejection” than any of his predecessors had “endured and survived”, including Theresa May in 2018.

       The prime minister’s former adviser Will Walden also said the result is “the worst possible short of losing”, adding that Boris Johnson would be “very worried deep down.”

       Boris Johnson is set to meet his cabinet today as he aims to “move on” from the bruising vote of confidence amid mass Tory rebellion against him.

       The prime minister insisted he secured a “decisive” victory even as 148 of his own MPs voted to oust him.

       Labour leader Keir Starmer said the British public was “fed up” with a prime minister who had “presided over a culture of lies and law-breaking in parliament”.

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       Key points PM addresses cabinet after confidence vote What happens next for ‘wounded’ Boris Johnson The prime minister’s position now ‘unsustainable,’ former Tory leader says Vote win ‘decisive’ despite mass Tory rebellion, PM says ‘Utterly unfit for office,’ says Labour leader Ministers flock behind Johnson after no-confidence vote

       Show latest update 1654594551 What else did PM tell cabinet?

       He opened the meeting by highlighting what his government has achieved so far in office, including the Covid recovery, economy and cost of living.

       He told ministers that the government is now going to focus "exclusively" on things like "dealing with the aftershocks of Covid", "cushion inflationary impact" and "rising energy prices".

       As he highlighted the government providing ￡1,200 to eight million households in the UK, Mr Johnson said: "Why are we able to do this? Because we took the right decisions during Covid and we came out of that, of the pandemic, in a very strong economic position with unemployment at the lowest level since 1974."

       "And we are going to get on with the massive agenda that we were elected to deliver in 2019

       "It is a huge, huge thing that we are all part of, to really transform infrastructure, skills and technology, uniting and levelling up across the country, unleashing potential across the whole of the UK.

       "It is the totally morally, socially, economically, politically the right thing to do and we should be proud, proud, proud of what we're doing."

       Matt Mathers 7 June 2022 10:35

       1654593666 Northern Ireland: Fears Boris Johnson will use Brexit to rally support after confidence vote

       Divisions within the Conservative Party must not dictate the UK’s approach to negotiations over the Northern Ireland protocol, the Irish foreign affairs minister has said.

       Dominic McGrath has the full report:

       Fears Johnson will go tough on Northern Ireland to rally Tories after confidence vote Simon Coveney warns divisions within Conservative Party must not impact NI Protocol negotiations

       Matt Mathers 7 June 2022 10:21

       1654592931 Johnson to cabinet ministers : find savings in your departments to help with cost of living

       PM repeats call to cabinet ministers asking them to find savings in their departments to help with the cost of living crisis.

       "We can all see ways in which we can reform and improve the way we can do things," he says.

       He says this will help ease the burden on families facing sky-high energy bills.

       Matt Mathers 7 June 2022 10:08

       1654592619 Johnson - we can now draw a line under questions about my future

       Boris Johnson thanks his cabinet for all the “good work” they did in defending him amid the confidence vote.

       He claims the government is now able to “draw a line” under questions about his leadership.

       He says he will now focus on how to help voters amid the cost of living crisis and other issues.

       Matt Mathers 7 June 2022 10:03

       1654592016 PM holds cabinet meeting

       Boris Johnson is holding a cabinet meeting this morning after suffering a damaging result in last night's confidence vote against him.

       He is urging his party to draw a line under questions about his future after narrowly winning the ballot by 211 to 148 votes.

       Matt Mathers 7 June 2022 09:53

       1654591657 ‘We do need to stop falling out'

       A Tory MP has urged his colleagues to stop “falling out” with one another in the wake of last night’s confidence vote in Boris Johnson.

       Ben Bradley, the MP for Mansfield, spoke to Sky News earlier.

       He told the broadcaster his party needed to get “back to the day job”.

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       Matt Mathers 7 June 2022 09:47

       1654590327 Written ministerial statements for Tuesday

       Here are the written ministerial statements due to be made in the Commons on Tuesday:

       - Minister for the Cabinet Office: Data Sharing under the Digital Economy Act 2017.

       - Minister for the Cabinet Office: Publication of Sir Robert Francis QC's infected blood compensation study.

       Matt Mathers 7 June 2022 09:25

       1654589427 Ed Davey - Tory rebels should resign whip and stand as independents

       The 148 Tory MPs who voted no confidence in Boris Johnson last night should resign the party whip and stand as independents, Ed Davey has said.

       The Liberal Democrat leader spoke to BBC Breakfast this morning after the prime minister narrowly won the ballot.

       He said: "He didn't win for the British people.

       "I think the 148 Tory rebels should resign the Conservative whip, sit as independents, and work with opposition parties like the Liberal Democrats to hold this discredited prime minister to account.

       "There are millions of people, millions of families and pensioners, who are suffering with the cost of living crisis, we've got the NHS and care crisis, and we also now have the travel and holiday chaos.

       "This government is incompetent, this prime minister is not showing the interests of the British people."

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       Matt Mathers 7 June 2022 09:10

       1654588552 Tory MP claims BBC tried to make Boris Johnson ‘look like Hannibal Lecter’ in rant against media

       A Conservative MP on Monday attacked BBC Newsnight by claiming that the show had portrayed UK prime minister Boris Johnson as “Hannibal Lecter”.

       Adam Holloway claimed that the media had tried to alter Mr Johnson’s image during the investigation of the “Partygate” scandal.

       “There is great damage to the reputation of politics and it should also do damage to organisations like the BBC,” he said. “This programme I am on now showed pictures of him looking like Hannibal Lecter at the beginning. I can show you here.”

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       Thomas Kingsley 7 June 2022 08:55

       1654587652 Watch: Five major challenges Boris Johnson still faces despite confidence vote victory

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       Five major challenges Boris Johnson still faces despite confidence vote victory

       Thomas Kingsley 7 June 2022 08:40

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