Angela Rayner responds to the Privileges Committee publishing an update on its inquiry into the conduct of Boris Johnson

Angela Rayner MP, Labour's Deputy Leader and Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, responding to the Privileges Committee publishing an update on its inquiry into the conduct of Boris Johnson, said:

"The evidence in this report is absolutely damning on the conduct of Boris Johnson, not just in the crime but the cover up. All the while, Rishi Sunak sat on his hands, living and working next door but doing nothing to end the rule breaking.

"While families up and down the country dutifully followed the rules unable to visit loved ones, missing weddings and funerals, Boris Johnson was repeatedly holding drinks and social events at the heart of government – events attended by the current Prime Minister.

"If Rishi Sunak is to meet his promise of integrity and accountability, he must stop propping up his disgraced prime minister and his legal defence fund, fully endorse the Committee's recommendations and make clear that if Boris Johnson is found to have repeatedly misled Parliament his career is over."