British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has survived a no-confidence vote in his Conservative Party and called on government ministers to turn the page on the long-running scandal of the breach of Covid-19 restrictions in government offices in the previous years, BBC reports.
According to press reports, a police investigation and an internal government probe, employees of the United Kingdom government offices socialised in parties for a number of times during strict Covid-19-related restrictions imposed by Johnson’s government.
On Monday, the Conservative Party faction of the UK legislature voted in a no-confidence vote on ousting Johnson as the party leader. In the vote, 211 Tory MPs expressed confidence in Johnson’s leadership and 148 voted to remove him.
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In a subsequent government sitting, the British Prime Minister noted that it was time to «draw a line» under the row about his leadership. The former Mayor of London, argued that the government would be focusing exclusively on issues «people want» such as «dealing with the aftershocks of Covid» and rising energy prices, BBC reports.
UK Prime Minister survives no-confidence vote
