Johnson had been fighting for his political future with a parliamentary inquiry investigating whether he misled the House of Commons when he said all COVID-19 rules were followed.
is stepping down as a member of parliament with immediate effect, triggering a by-election in his marginal seat.
Parliament’s privileges committee could have recommended that Johnson be suspended from parliament for more than 10 days if they were to find he did mislead parliament recklessly or deliberately, potentially triggering an election for his seat.‘This is it, folks’: Boris Johnson delivers farewell speech after 3 years as UK PM
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