The Chancellor was more than 200 miles rom Westminster as the Prime Minister apologised for attending a drinks event in his back garden while they were banned in May 2020.
The Chancellor, a potential successor as Tory leader who avoided PMQs by travelling 200 miles from London to Devon, said on Twitter that Mr Johnson was right to apologise over the party scandal.
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has today confirmed Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston as the preferred candidate for the role of First Civil Service Commissioner.