The fallout from a scathing report which found Boris Johnson lied to MPs over partygate has left Rishi Sunak with a battle to hold his warring Tory party together.

In a 1,000-word exit statement, Mr Johnson accused the committee, chaired by Harriet Harman but with a Conservative majority, of “bias” and likened it to a “kangaroo court”.

The panel is set to meet in Westminster on Monday with a view to deciding when to publish its report

Mr Johnson led the Conservatives to a landslide election victory in 2019 – but was given a fixed penalty notice over Downing Street lockdown parties and then forced out by his own MPs after three years in office, following a string of scandals.

The deadline for the UK government to hand over Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages, diaries and notebooks to the covid-19 inquiry has been extended as officials claimed they did not have all the documents demanded.

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson has been reported to the police by the UK Cabinet Office over fresh claims that he may have broken lockdown rules during the pandemic.

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A general election seems the only sensible option to restore political order in Britain

You have to hand it to Boris. In fairness, he pulled off one of the most difficult tricks in the book. The advice has always been that if you want to be remembered, in politics, you need to succeed a fool and be followed by a fool.

She will now head to Downing Street to deliver her first speech in office, just hours after Boris Johnson used his farewell address to pledge “fervent support” to his successor

Boris Johnson held his wife’s hand and shook hands with officials as he left the street to rapturous applause.

Described by allies as likely to be a 'very sad' occasion for the outgoing prime minister, Britain's Queen Elizabeth will receive Mr Johnson on Tuesday, where he will formally tender his resignation.

A timely book seems to provide pointers as to how collective minds could be changed on climate change, Brexit, and many other issues

UK Conservative voters want Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to focus on the cost of living and immigration as they bid for the support of the party membership, a poll has found.

Boris Johnson used his final cabinet meeting to defend his record in office as Tory leadership contenders sought to break from the policies he championed

Rishi Sunak has again insisted inflation must be brought under control before the UK government can cut taxes, following a bruising clash with Tory leadership contenders Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss.

The Resolution Foundation drew attention to the UK’s “toxic combination” of low growth and high inequality

The senior Conservatives failed to get the 30 votes required

Johnson told MPs he would be leaving office 'with my head held high'

A crowded field of contenders is vying to replace Boris Johnson as the next Tory leader and British prime minister.

Many of the candidates are telling the Conservative electors they will cut personal and business taxes should they win

As the race to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party picks up steam, many Tory MPs have publicly revealed who has their backing.

God is in his heaven, and all’s right with the world. I know it’s not appropriate for a humanist like me to be quoting Robert Browning’s little hymn to nature, but right now there may be nothing else that quite sums it up. For three reasons.

Tory MPs will begin the process of voting for a new leader on Wednesday, with Boris Johnson’s successor to be finally announced on September 5.

Nearly gone but not forgotten — because he's box office, editors will pay for the disgraced prime minister's raucous nonsense

Ms Truss kicked off her campaign with a video highlighting her work on trade deals and the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

It means nine Tories have now put themselves forward to replace Boris Johnson as Britain's prime minister, just days after a collapse in party support forced his resignation

It comes after Nadhim Zahawi and Grant Shapps revealed their intention to run for the top job in the space of an hour

The former education secretary is the third serving UK government minister to kick off their campaign for the leadership

The consummate boxing writer AJ Liebling has an anecdote which might commend itself to the still (last time we looked anyway) British prime minister Boris Johnson as he contemplates his future this weekend.

Boris Johnson is refusing to heed calls to let a caretaker British prime minister take over, as would-be successors are weighing up leadership bids.

The British prime minister’s controversial refurbishment of his official Downing Street flat cost more than £200,000 (€235,000), a leaked copy of the invoice suggests.

Bilateral relations between Ireland and Britain haven't been so low since the Thatcher years but the Eurosceptics in the Tory party still hold all the power, which doesn't bode well for Ireland

The British prime minister has resigned but he's not out the door of No 10 yet

Government sources accept that any successor is also likely to be a hardline Brexiteer

Business leaders here are concerned Mr Johnson's successor will continue fight-picking with Ireland and the rest of the EU over the protocol, including implicitly threatening a trade war 

Irish-British relationships have been strained due to the decision of Johnson's government to pass legislation overriding the Northern Ireland Protocol

The British prime minister said it was “eccentric” to change governments at this stage but “I regret not to have been successful in those arguments”.

Mary Lou McDonald said Boris Johnson's interactions with Ireland have been "wholly negative" and he will not be missed.

A wax figure of Boris Johnson has appeared outside a jobcentre as the British prime minister resigned as Tory leader.

It’s goodbye to the worst prime minister any of us has ever known — and frankly, good riddance, writes Gaby Hinsliff

Brandon Lewis announced his resignation early on Thursday, tweeting a copy of his resignation letter in which he told Mr Johnson that he had “given you, and those around you, the benefit of the doubt”.

During the speech, heckles and booing from the nearby public were heard and at times seemed to fluster Mr Johnson.

The 1,079th day of Boris Johnson’s premiership was a microcosm of some of the most chaotic episodes of his stint inside Number 10.