Politics

The prime minister insisted "nobody told me that what we were doing was against the rules".

Writing in the Telegraph, Moore said the BBC had failed to show "superimpartiality" in its Partygate coverage.

But the former foreign secretary said "It would take a lot to persuade me to put my hat into the ring".

It comes as new polling shows the chancellor holds a 28-point lead over Liz Truss among Conservative members.

"I moved to England because of its tolerance and open-mindedness. So when I started to see the posters on the windows, when I started to hear Nigel Farage demonising the foreigners, the hatred and racism that was now in plain sight, I started to feel uncomfortable."

The prime minister - now implicated in the inquiry - is effectively Sue Gray's boss!

Raab said lying to the Commons would "normally" be "a resigning matter" under the ministerial code.

Bray joined protestors outside parliament who had gathered to oppose the controversial Policing Bill.

"This wouldn't have happened if people hadn't taken to the streets and raised the alarm at the Tories' growing authoritarianism", Zarah Sultana said.