borisjohnson is facing calls to suspend one of his mps who s alleged to have groped two men. chris pincher resigned as deputy chief whip after admitting he had drunk far too much at the carlton club, the conservative party members club in london. labour have questioned why he s being allowed to sit as a tory mp. they say it shows the conservative party is mired in sleaze and scandal. our political correspondent iain watson reports. are you drowning in sleaze? after striding the world stage, borisjohnson is back in britain and the spotlight has moved on to problems in his party, one of his closest allies has resigned following serious allegations about his conduct. chris pincher worked hard to keep borisjohnson in office during partygate. he became deputy chief whip in february and was responsible
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. downing street has insisted that boris johnson was not aware of specific allegations against chris pincher before he appointed him as the conservative party s deputy chief whip. the prime minister is also facing calls to suspend the mp who s alleged to have groped two men. chris pincher resigned as deputy chief whip after admitting he had drunk far too much at the carlton club, the conservative party members club in london. labour have questioned why he s being allowed to sit as a tory mp. they say it shows the conservative party is mired in sleaze and scandal. our political correspondent iain watson reports. are you drowning in sleaze? after striding the world stage, borisjohnson is back in britain
good afternoon. borisjohnson is facing calls to suspend from the conservative party one of his mps who s alleged to have groped two men. chris pincher resigned as deputy chief whip after admitting he had drunk far too much , and embarrassed himself at the carlton club, the conservative party members club in london. labour have questioned why he s being allowed to sit as a tory mp. they say it shows the conservative party is mired in sleaze and scandal . our political correspondent iain watson reports. are you drowning in sleaze? after striding the world stage boris johnson is in britain and the spotlight has moved on to problems in his party, one of his closest allies has resigned following serious allegations about his conduct. chris pincher worked hard to keep borisjohnson in office during partygate. he became deputy chief whip in february and was
and i think this is a message from him, notjust for australians but for the rest of the world as well. the long awaited report into gatherings in downing street during lockdown is expected to be published within days. the senior civil servant sue gray has given people she intends to name in her report until 5pm today to respond. meanwhile, pressure is growing on the prime minister to explain what was discussed at a meeting between him and ms gray several weeks ago. our political correspondent iain watson reports. the long awaited report into gatherings at the heart of government is being finalised this weekend, and it s expected to be published within days. the senior civil servant sue gray has contacted all those she is intending to name or criticise, and they have until 5:00pm today to respond. but if some of them challenge her account of what went on here, the report could be delayed further, and labour are questioning why borisjohnson met sue gray a month ago if she was supposed to
our political correspondent iain watson reports. the long awaited report into gatherings at the heart of government is being finalised this weekend and it is expected to be published within days. the senior civil servant sue gray has contacted although she is intending to name or criticise, and they have until 5pm today to respond. but if some of them challenge her account of what went on here, the report could be delayed further. and labour are questioning why boris johnson met sue gray a month ago if she was supposed to be working independently of downing street. number ten say the prime minister hasn t seen the contents of the report or tried to influence it, but labour is calling for all the evidence, including more than 500 photos of cctv images of gatherings, events and parties which went on there during lockdown, to remain public. to be made public. that won t happen, but it is possible