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Downing Street Caved Into Pressure Tonight By Confirming Boris Johnson Will Admit If He Is Fined Over Partygate - As Another MP Declared Sending A No-confidence Letter

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Downing Street caved into pressure tonight by confirming Boris Johnson will admit if he is fined over Partygate - as another MP declared sending a no-confidence letter.
No10 backed down in the face of fury from Tories and the Opposition at the prospect of the PM never revealing whether he had broken the law. 
The row came as Scotland Yard made clear that it will follow police guidelines that people who receive fixed penalty notices are not routinely identified - suggesting that government officials would not be identified.
Meanwhile, backbencher Peter Aldous has joined the small group of Conservatives to have publicly declared sending a letter of no confidence to the powerful 1922 committee.
'After a great deal of soul-searching, I have reached the conclusion that the Prime Minister should resign,' the Waveney MP tweeted. 
'It is clear that he has no intention of doing so and I have therefore written to the Chairman of the 1922 Committee of Backbench Conservative MPs, advising him that I have no confidence in the Prime Minister as Leader of the Conservative Party.' 
Mr Johnson appeared to accept he has to publish the full Sue Gray report after the police probe has ended tonight.
In a press conference in Ukraine dominated by uncomfortable domestic questions, he said: 'Of course we'll publish everything we can, as soon as the process has been completed'
Under party rules, 54 letters need to be sent to 1922 committee chair Sir Graham Brady in order to trigger a formal confidence vote - but he never reveals how many he has received until the threshold is reached.

Only a few other MPs have openly disclosed writing letters - Andrew Bridgen, Roger Gale, and Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross.  
Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab this morning insisted that 'justice must be done and seen to be done' - but Downing Street refused at lunchtime to guarantee that perpetrators would be identified. 
However, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman performed a U-turn this afternoon, telling reporters: 'Obviously we are aware of the significant public interest with regard to the Prime Minister and we would always look to provide what updates we can on him, specifically.'
Asked if that meant No 10 would say if he was given a fixed penalty notice, the spokesman said: 'Hypothetically, yes.'
Scotland Yard had pointed to College of Policing guidance stating that the names of people dealt with by fixed penalty notices - the likely punishment for a breach of the coronavirus regulations - would not normally be disclosed. 
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner said: 'I can't believe this needs saying.

The public have a right to know if the Prime Minister is found to have committed an offence by the police.'
It came as Downing Street revealed Mr Johnson and his senior ministers did not discuss the Partygate scandal at a meeting of the Cabinet this morning despite growing Tory fury and warnings the PM should be 'very worried' about a coup. 
Mr Johnson is desperately trying to stabilise his premiership after senior Conservatives said the ongoing row is corroding the Government like 'battery acid'.

The premier fended off a barrage of criticism in the Commons last night by telling MPs 42 times that they must wait for the outcome of the police inquiry - having previous urged them to delay until Ms Gray reported.
The premier left the pressure cooker of Westminster following the Cabinet meeting to visit Ukraine after a stripped back version of the Sue Gray report was published yesterday which revealed the PM is being investigated by police over four potential breaches of  law firm istanbul turkey.
The publication of Ms Gray's update rocked Westminster but Number 10 said the report was not mentioned during the Cabinet meeting.   
Mr Johnson suffered a mauling from a slew of Tory MPs in the Commons yesterday, with  demanding to know if he thought the rules 'didn't apply' to him, and former Cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell saying the premier had lost his support. 
Mr Mitchell stepped up his attack this morning warning that the row was 'like battery acid corroding the party' as he also condemned Mr Johnson's leadership style.
'I think this is a crisis that is not going to go away and is doing very great damage to the party.

It is more corrosive in my judgement than the expenses scandal was and it will break the coalition that is the Conservative Party,' he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. 
Even normally-loyal MPs conceded that the PM's response in the chamber was a 'car crash', although Mr Johnson appeared to buy himself some time with a more conciliatory performance at a private meeting with his rank and file last night. 
Writing in the Times, Lord Hague criticised Mr Johnson for getting the tone wrong, saying he should have 'acknowledged that the buck stops with him' and ought to be 'very worried about the number of his own MPs who asked unhelpful questions'. 
He said: 'Instead of reinforcing the momentum in his favour, he quite possibly stalled it.

If I were him, I would be very worried about the number of his own MPs who asked unhelpful questions at the end of his statement.' 
The looming verdict from Scotland Yard - which is sifting through more than 300 photos of Whitehall bashes and could interview both Mr Johnson and wife Carrie within days - could provide a moment of truth for the premier, but he has also been forced to agree that a full, unredacted version of Ms Gray's report will be published after the criminal process concludes.  
On another turbulent day as Mr Johnson struggles to cling on: 
Mr Johnson told MPs 42 times during his Commons statement last night that they need to wait for the outcome of the police inquiry; Deputy PM Dominic Raab insisted Mr Johnson is 'getting on with the job' but dodged giving a full-hearted defence of his swipe at Keir Starmer for failing to prosecute Jimmy Savile.

'I can't substantiate that claim,' Mr Raab told BBC Radio 4's Today programme; Mr Johnson has pledged to take regular 'strategic advice' from election guru Lynton Crosby as he tried to appease angry MPs; The premier has been ridiculed by Russia after he was forced to postpone a crucial call with Vladimir Putin on Ukraine so he could be grilled on Downing Street parties; The premier attacked former No10 chief Dominic Cummings comparing him to Shakespearian villain Iago while he is good-natured Othello;A snap poll has found two-third of the public do not accept Mr Johnson's grudging apology over Partygate.    Boris Johnson swapped the pressure cooker of Westminster for a diplomatic mission to Ukraine after a stripped back version of the Sue Gray report was published yesterday
Detectives are poring over a dossier of 300 Partygate photos with an alleged Abba bash in the No11 flat now one of 12 under investigation. Pictured: Mr Johnson and Carrie at the Eden Project in June 2021


Backbencher Peter Aldous has joined the small group of Conservatives to have publicly declared sending a letter of no confidence to the powerful 1922 committee
Former Cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell (left) said in the Commons last night that the premier had lost his support.

Keir Starmer said it was now clear Mr Johnson himself is under criminal investigation, branding him a 'man with no shame' for not quitting
Mr Johnson apologised for the way the Partygate probe had been handled and said he would make changed to the way No10 is run
Sue Gray (left) has finally delivered her findings on Partygate to the PM - but made clear she wants to release more information after the police probe completes. Last week the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick (right) announced officers have launched a criminal inquiry after assessing a dossier of evidence compiled by Ms Gray
Mr Johnson convened a meeting of his Cabinet in Downing Street this morning.

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries is pictured arriving
The Cabinet did not discuss Partygate or Sue Gray's 'update', Downing Street revealed.

Attorney General Suella Braverman and Education Minister Michelle Donelan are pictured arriving for the meeting
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