“Treading the tightrope between loyalty and integrity has become impossible in recent months.'
His quitting less than 24 hours previously was the first in what has become a deluge of resignations from positions in Boris Johnson’s government following a slew of recent scandals.
He also suggested he had been told by Number 10 that there were no parties in Downing Street following the first emergence of reports. “It’s not fair on my parliamentary colleagues, who bear the brunt of constituents’ dismay in their inboxes and on the doorsteps in recent elections. Mr Javid said he was “personally assured at the most senior level” of Mr Johnson’s team that there had been “no parties in Downing Street and no rules were broken” when the first stories emerged last year.
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