Cabinet minister Michael Gove has reportedly told the Prime Minister he must step down
that the Levelling Up Secretary delivered the message at a meeting on Wednesday morning, citing sources.Levelling Up Secretary Mr Gove was not present in the Commons as the Prime Minister took a battering during PMQs.
Kemi Badenoch, Neil O'Brien, Alex Burghart, Lee Rowley and Julia Lopez wrote a joint resignation letter in which they called on the PM to step aside "in good faith". He said that maintaining 'honesty and integrity matters' in government, and he was no longer able to give Mr Johnson the 'benefit of the doubt'.
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