Politics latest news: Boris Johnson will not face confidence vote next week, insists Dominic Raab

Andrea Leadsom, the former Cabinet minister, said in a statement published yesterday that she had concluded following the publication of the Sue Gray report that there had been “unacceptable failings of leadership that cannot be tolerated and are the responsibility of the Prime Minister”. 

Dominic Raab, the Justice Secretary, insisted this morning that Boris Johnson had already addressed the concerns Ms Leadsom had raised. 

He told Times Radio: “I have known Andrea a long time, we came in as MPs, I hold her in high esteem. I think it is clear that she is expressing her frustration, I think we should also be clear she hasn’t put a letter in as far as I understand, she hasn’t said that. 

“The most important thing I think is the fact the Prime Minister has addressed all these points, overhauled the No 10 operation for the reasons that Andrea cited amongst those that the PM of his own volition and in response to the interim Sue Gray report made clear.”