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‌ Paul homes a Tory MP has quit a government job over Partygate and says he felt "shocked and appalled by what's been going on". He said to BBC that he felt deeply uncomfortable with the findings of the Sue Grey report.

Paul has become the fifth MP to call on the prime minister to resign since Ms Gray's final report was published. He has also submitted a letter of no confidence in the PM.

In her report, senior civil servant Sue Gray said many incidents held during Covid restrictions "should not have been allowed" and the prime minister and his officials "must accept responsibility for this culture". She also found "multiple examples of a lack of respect and poor treatment" of security staff and cleaners by officials when gatherings took place. Ms Gray's report follows a four-month Metropolitan Police investigation that saw 126 fines issued to 83 people - including Mr Johnson, his wife Carrie and Chancellor Rishi Sunak - for events that took place in 2020 and 2021.

Before Mr Holmes announced his resignation, Mr Johnson told reporters he was confident he has enough backing from his party to stay in post - but he diverted questions on whether he had tolerated the culture of heavy drinking and rule-breaking highlighted by Sue Gray.

"If you look at the answers in the House of Commons over more than two hours, I think you'll be able to see I answered that very, very extensively," said the PM.

In a statement, Mr Holmes said he had resigned as a parliamentary private secretary - a ministerial aide - to Home Secretary Priti Patel. Elected as MP for Eastleigh, in Hampshire, at the 2019 general election, Mr Holmes has been a parliamentary private secretary to Ms Patel since September 2021.

Source:BBC