PM 'dangles carrot of promotion to critics' as no confidence letters pile up | ITV News

Boris Johnson has, according to some of his own MPs, been calling those critical of him and hinting at promotions in a bid to shore up support as the number of no confidence letters against him continues to grow.

Another letter was submitted on Tuesday by the Conservative MP for Carlisle after one of the prime minister's former business secretaries accused him of "unacceptable failings of leadership that cannot be tolerated".

It came as the PM's standard adviser has suggested the PM may have broken the ministerial code when he was fined by police for breaking coronavirus rules.

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