Boris Johnson steps down as MP with immediate effect

Boris Johnson is to measurement down arsenic an MP with contiguous effect aft receiving the Partygate report.

That study was produced by the MP-led Privileges Committee which was looking into whether helium misled Parliament.

Mr Johnson accused the Commons enquiry of attempting to "drive maine out".

In a connection helium said: "They person inactive not produced a shred of grounds that I knowingly oregon recklessly misled the Commons."

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