UK: Conservative lawmaker Penrose resigns, intends to vote against PM Johnson
|Conservative lawmaker and Britain's 'anti-corruption champion' John Penrose announced on Monday that he resigned from his role, as reported by Reuters.
"I’m sorry to have to resign as the PM’s Anti-Corruption Tsar but, after his reply last week about the Ministerial Code, it’s pretty clear he has broken it," Penrose stated on Twitter. "That’s a resigning matter for me, and it should be for the PM too."
Latest from lawmakers on the upcoming confidence vote
- UK Foreign Minister Truss says she backs PM Johnson in the confidence vote.
- UK Finance Minister Sunak says he backs PM Johnson in the confidence vote.
- UK's Gove says he backs PM Johnson in the confidence vote.
- Former UK Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt says he will be voting for a change at the confidence vote in PM Johnson.
Market reaction
These headlines don't seem to be having a significant impact on the British pound's performance against its rivals. As of writing, the GBP/USD pair was up 0.5% on the day at 1.2550.
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