Boris Johnson deliberately misled parliament over Partygate and would have faced a 90-day suspension if still an MP, a long-awaited report by the privileges committee has found.
MPs on the cross-party group delivered their damning and definitive findings on the former prime minister, who quit the Commons after being passed a confidential copy last week.
The moment is potentially one of major jeopardy for Rishi Sunak, given the fragile peace he sought to build in the Conservative party has fractured in recent days.
The row about the report has already resulted in Johnson sparking a difficult byelection next month by standing down and mounting furious attacks against one of the Tory committee members.
Over the following days, Tory MPs will have to decide how to vote on the report’s findings.
Many are likely to endorse the result of the more than year-long inquiry, but there could be a damaging split on the government benches if Johnson’s allies refuse to do so.
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