Angela Rayner responds to Lord Geidt's resignation letter

Angela Rayner MP, Labour's Deputy Leader and Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, responding to the publication of Lord Geidt's resignation letter, said:

“Lord Geidt walked out because of the odious behaviour of Boris Johnson’s Downing Street. This Prime Minister has, in his own adviser's words, made a mockery of the Ministerial Code. He has now followed both his predecessor and the anti-corruption tsar out of the door in disgust.

"There are now no ethics left in this Downing Street regime propped up in office by a Conservative Party mired in sleaze and totally unable to tackle the cost of living crisis facing the British people.

"The Government must not only appoint a new watchdog but back Labour’s plan to restore standards. This Prime Minister has debased standards and rigged the rules for far too long. It is tim​e for the Conservatives to do the right thing and remove him from office.”