Boris Johnson told to ‘lead or step aside’ as more partygate claims surface

'We’ve got a Prime Minister who is absent – he is literally in hiding at the moment and unable to lead, so that’s why I’ve concluded that he has got to go.'

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under-fire following claims of coronavirus rule breaches in No 10 (Joshua Bratt/PA)

Boris Johnson is facing mounting pressure to get a grip on the drip feed of revelations about No 10 rule-breaking as he fights to stay in office.

Former Conservative minister Tobias Ellwood said the UK Prime Minister must “lead or step aside”, telling the BBC: “We need leadership.”