James Heappey, the Armed Forces minister, has urged fellow Tory MPs wanting to overthrow the Prime Minister to back down in the face of a volatile domestic and international situation.

"This doesn’t feel like the time to change Prime Minister if you ask me. The Prime Minister has given his account of things, he did so at the despatch box which all ministers take very seriously, they have a responsibility to be absolutely accurate in what they say."

Unsurprisingly, Mr Heappey urged the public and his colleagues to wait for Sue Gray's report before reaching judgements about alleged parties at Downing Street.

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