Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government says it will put forward a confidence motion in itself after it blocked the opposition’s bid for a vote of no confidence in both the government and the leader.
The government—effectively a caretaker administration after Johnson announced he will step down—took the measure after Labour said it intended to seek a no confidence motion on Wednesday in response to Johnson’s declaration that he will carry on in his role until a new Conservative leader is in place in September.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it would be “intolerable” for Johnson to “cling on for weeks and weeks and weeks” when his own party has concluded he is “unfit for office.”…