Angela Rayner responds to Tory u-turn on motion to refer PM to Standards Committee

Angela Rayner, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, responding to the Conservatives’ u-turn on today’s parliamentary motion to refer the Prime Minister to the Standards Committee, said:

“This is humiliating for Conservative MPs who were being pressured to vote for the government’s cover up amendment. The government knew they couldn’t win this, the Prime Minister is bang to rights.

“Tory MPs should do the right thing, respect the sacrifices that their constituents made during the pandemic, and vote in the national interest.”