PM will launch last-ditch attempt this week to win over critics in Tory ranks with health and housing policy announcements
Boris Johnson’s allies will switch their focus to winning a vote of no confidence, after conceding that they now have little chance of stopping one being triggered.
Hours earlier, the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, had said he did not think there would be a vote this week. Some newer MPs are said to be nervous of acting too soon and are considering pushing to delay a confidence vote until after 23 June, when the byelections are due to be held, to give the best chance of ousting Johnson and allow potential leadership candidates more time to prepare.
This week Johnson is also expected to announce an extension of the right to buy to millions of people who rent from housing associations, as well as the extension of other home ownership schemes. There are also tentative plans to formally table the controversial legislation to override parts of the Northern Ireland protocol.on course for a humiliating defeat in Wakefield. Several MPs from the 2019 general election intake have told colleagues they will not submit a letter until after that result.
“He will survive, but obviously that will weaken him. If he soldiers on, then he’s got an awful lot of work to do to make good [the] damage that has been sustained. Knowing Boris, he might well be able to find his way.” Most MPs seem resigned that the dam will break, but the timing is virtually impossible to guess given the lack of coordinated effort. “It’s all about individual MPs. There’s not even any WhatsApp groups as far as I know,” said one MP who opposes Johnson.
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