David Davis says broad top team is necessary for Tory unity:
"Greatest mistake BJ made... was creating a cabinet of loyalists. It wasn't a meritocratic cabinet."
BREAKING: Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan, 48, has been found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy at a house in Staffordshire in 2008.
By-election now expected in Wakefield, a marginal ‘red wall’ seat.
Tories won it from Labour’s @MaryCreagh_ in 2019 with a majority of 3,358.
NEW: Labour call for convicted sex offender Imran Ahmad Khan to resign as MP for Wakefield.
“Imran Ahmad Khan should immediately resign so a by-election can take place and the people of Wakefield can get the representation they deserve.”
NEW: PM on Dominic Cummings accusing him of lying:
-'No' I haven't lied.
-'I can tell you categorically that nobody told me... this was against the COVID rules'.
-'When I went out into that garden I thought that I was attending a work event'.
PM:
‘I'm deeply sorry for the mistakes I have made.'
-'I only saw [Reynolds email] the other day.'
-'I can't believe that we'd have gone ahead with an event' if warned. 'I'd remember that.'
-Will you resign if you've misled parliament? 'We'll have to see what [Sue Gray] says'.
PM seems on verge of tears when asked about apology to Queen after parties on eve of Prince Philip’s funeral:
'I deeply and bitterly regret that happened. I can only renew my apologies both to Her Majesty and to the country.'