Ex-ministers campaigned to undermine Johnson Partygate inquiry, says report

Privileges committee says seven Tory MPs and three peers risked discrediting system of checks and balances in parliament

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Former cabinet ministers and allies of Boris Johnson have been accused of launching an “unprecedented and coordinated” campaign to undermine the inquiry into whether he misled parliament over Partygate.

The finding came in a new report by the privileges committee, which posed a fresh problem for Rishi Sunak as it recommended toughening up the rules on interference in such inquiries and condemned the behaviour of former ministers.

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