Cabinet ministers gather to pressure Boris Johnson to quit as prime minister, sources say
reported that others included Nadhim Zahawi, the newly-appointed chancellor, as well as Grant Shapps, the transport secretary.
Sky News reported on Wednesday that Home Secretary Priti Patel and Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan were also in Number 10.The sources, who also requested anonymity to speak frankly, said the Conservative Party's 1922 Committee planned to approve a new vote of no confidence in Johnson on Monday if he doesn't leave.
This could come, the sources said, despite a convention that at least a year should pass between votes.
In the same session, he initially refused to rule out a snap election, telling the committee chairman Bernard Jenkin:"The risk is people continue to focus on this kind of thing."Get the best of our site
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