Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 1 June 2022

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1. Pressure mounts on PM

Lord Geidt, Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser, has threatened to quit over the lockdown parties scandal, saying there are “legitimate” questions over whether the PM broke the ministerial code. Johnson and his allies have launched an emergency effort to lobby wavering MPs as senior Conservatives believe the PM could imminently face a vote of confidence in his leadership. A former cabinet minister told the i news site that he thought Johnson would win such a vote “but then he will struggle to regain momentum and it will probably be a slow death”.

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