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The 1922 Committee, a powerful backbench committee, has ultimate responsibility for setting the rules in any Conservative Party leadership contest.

Believed to be one of the richest politicians in the House of Commons, Nadhim Zahawi, the new Chancellor, first rose to prominence as the man who helped lead the vaccine roll-out

The SNP Westminster leader was speaking following a series of resignations from the PM’s Cabinet.

Britain's embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson was clinging to power on Wednesday, with support seeping away, badly wounded by the resignation of a stream of senior colleagues who said he was not fit to govern. But Johnson, speaking at his weekly political questions, insisted he "had a plan" and said…

In today’s newsletter: How two resignations left Boris Johnson on the brink – and what happens next

He played down the scale of the crisis within the party, suggesting that ‘losing chancellors is something that happens’.

Michael Ellis was heckled by opposition MPs.

The MP for Glasgow North previously said he was "profoundly sorry" after a parliamentary inquiry found he acted inappropriately towards an SNP staff member.