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Boris Johnson's brother Jo Johnson has said he is quitting as a Tory MP and minister. He has spent nine years as an MP for Orpington and was appointed earlier this year by his brother as Minister of State at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Department of Education. In a tweet, he wrote: "It’s been an honour to represent Orpington for 9 years & to serve as a minister under three PMs. "In recent weeks I’ve been torn between family loyalty and the national interest - it’s an unresolvable tension & time for others to...

SENIOR Cabinet ministers yesterday confronted Boris Johnson to call on him to overturn his expulsion of 21 rebel Conservative MPs as the insurrection against the PM grew. No Deal chief Michael Gove lead the charge from a series of senior figures during a tense meeting of the Cabinet in No10 yesterday Pleading for Boris to relent on his tough punishment, they insisted he offer the expelled rebels “a way back” so they can rejoin the Parliamentary party. Health Secretary Matt Hancock also questioned the controversial decision during the tense Cabinet meeting, and asked the PM to spell out how the...