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Geidt doubles down on claims No 10 wanted to break international law

PM’s former ethics adviser says reason given by Downing Street for his resignation was a ‘distraction’

The Guardian - UK

Downing Street urges employers to allow staff to work from home during rail strikes

Half of Britain’s rail lines will be closed on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

The Independent UK

Ethics adviser resigned over ‘final straw’ after partygate, says predecessor

Lord Geidt is the second ministerial interests adviser to quit under Boris Johnson’s premiership.

The Independent UK

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'Lord Geidt's resignation is proof of rottenness at the heart of Downing Street'

Lord Geidt resigned saying he was put in an 'impossible and odious' position by Boris Johnson. His predecessor, Sir Alex Allan, quit as the PM refused to sack Priti Patel for breaking the ministerial code

Daily Mirror

The Guardian view on Lord Geidt’s departure: ousted by a delinquent PM

Editorial: Boris Johnson is a dangerous leader who thinks that rules do not apply to him and that ethical standards are for the birds

The Guardian - UK

Lord Geidt heads for the exit, and Johnson’s Britain looks ever more like a fragile state

The thuggishness of this government increasingly mirrors the behaviour of discredited regimes, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson ‘carefully considering’ not replacing Lord Geidt as ethics adviser

Labour demanded a new ministerial interests adviser was installed, with the PM having ‘debased standards and rigged the rules for far too long’

Evening Standard

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Boris Johnson could scrap ethics chief entirely after second one quits in a row

Lord Geidt dramatically resigned after Boris Johnson forced him into an 'odious' position by asking him to consider a plan that deliberately breached the ministerial code

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson unable to say if a new ethics adviser will be appointed

Downing Street would not confirm that Lord Geidt will be replaced as suspicions rose that the resignation was provoked by the Prime Minister's continued disregard for the Ministerial code.

Daily Record

Boris Johnson may not replace ethics adviser after second quits in two years

High-profile independent individual may be replaced with committee

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson 'considering scrapping ethics adviser role', Downing Street says

BORIS Johnson may scrap the ethics adviser role after a second resignation from the post in two years, Downing Street has suggested.

The National (Scotland)

Lord Geidt profile: Former royal aide who advised PM on ethics

Lord Geidt took on the role of ethics adviser in April 2021 after a decade as the Queen’s private secretary

Evening Standard

No 10 refuses to say if ethics adviser will be replaced following Lord Geidt’s resignation after being put in ‘impossible position’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson told to publish ethics adviser's bombshell resignation letter

DOWNING Street is under increasing pressure to publish the resignation letter submitted by Boris Johson’s ethics adviser.

The National (Scotland)

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Daily Record

Migrants have been left high and dry by Priti Patel's cruel Rwanda deportation plans

Record View says the point of the flights is to appeal to a particular Tory point of view and distract from Downing Street’s law-breaking and the cost-of-living crisis.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s fresh partygate trauma after resignation of ethics adviser

Lord Geidt became the second ministerial interests adviser to quit during Mr Johnson’s premiership.

The Independent UK

Lord Christopher Geidt: Former royal aide who advised PM on ethics

Lord Geidt took on the role of ethics adviser in April 2021 after a decade as the Queen’s private secretary

The Independent UK

No 10 not ruling out human rights convention withdrawal after Rwanda flight blow

Downing Street said all options were on the table, including pulling out of the European Convention on Human Rights.

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Evening Standard

No10 defends Rwanda migrant policy after claim it could cost 100k per asylum seeker

Downing Street has defended controversial plans to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda amid claims that the policy could cost up to £100,000 per person.

Daily Mirror

Priti Patel WINS court fight to fly people to Rwanda - but only handful will be on board

A 'shameful' charter flight to Rwanda carrying Britain's unwanted asylum seekers can take off tomorrow after a Court of Appeal ruling - yet fewer than a dozen people will actually be on board

Daily Mirror

Hunt on for 17 Tories who lied to Boris Johnson about confidence vote support

Some 17 more MPs expressed support for the Prime Minister than voted for him - after Tories were warned "only loyalty will be rewarded in the reshuffle"

The National (Scotland)

Three of four asylum seekers fighting deportation will not be sent to Rwanda, says Home Office

THREE of four asylum seekers fighting deportation from the UK to Rwanda will not be sent there, the Home Office has said, after the UK Government's…

Daily Mirror

Downing Street declines to say Boris Johnson is a good role model for children

The PM's spokesman was asked if he was a good role model after Katharine Birbalsingh, the new social mobility tsar, said his 'personal life' and 'hair' let the whole class down

The National (Scotland)

Replacing Boris Johnson with some other Tory is not good enough for Scotland

DOWNING Street is one of the biggest Covid crime scenes in the UK, with 126 fines for breaches. While people across the country were missing…

The Independent UK

What is Right to Buy and what could change under government’s plans?

Downing Street announces extention of Thatcher’s totemic housing policy

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