Boris Johnson’s future as PM hangs in balance amid resignation calls

A poll carried out before Mr Johnson’s apology at Prime Minister’s Questions, put Labour at a 10-point lead ahead of the Tories for the first time in nearly a decade.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (centre) leaves the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Boris Johnson’s tenure as British Prime Minister is increasingly reliant on the outcome of a potentially bombshell report being prepared by a senior official, as he faced brazen calls for his resignation from his own backbenchers.

Mr Johnson apologised on Wednesday for attending a “bring your own booze” party in the Downing Street garden in May 2020, when the rest of the country was in lockdown.