Boris Johnson was accused on Sunday of failing to investigate allegations of Islamophobia within his government by a former minister, deepening the civil war engulfing the Conservative party.
The claim comes as the UK prime minister prepares for the publication of a long-awaited investigation into a series of Whitehall parties that broke coronavirus restrictions. Sue Gray, a senior civil servant, is expected to conclude her inquiry and publish the findings in the coming days.
Many Conservative MPs will decide whether to submit letters of no confidence in Johnson based on her findings — notably whether he misled parliament about a party held in the Number 10 garden on May 20, 2020 that he attended.