The prime minister says the individual, Chris Pincher, no longer has the Conservative whip and as soon as the PM was made aware of the allegation, he lost his status as a Conservative MP and is now the subject of an independent investigation.

And that is entirely right, the PM says.

I abhor bullying or abuse of power anywhere, he adds.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer begins by referring to deputy chief whip Chris Pincher, saying he faced allegations of groping.

Starmer goes on to list the allegations, saying it's a reminder to those "propping up" the PM how serious the situation is.

He says the PM promoted Pincher to a position of power, despite knowing the allegations and asks why.

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Ione Wells
Westminster Correspondent, BBC News

Sajid Javid has taken a seat on the backbenches for the first time in a long time.

He’s received some pats on the backs from colleagues. Just yesterday, he would have been sitting alongside the prime minister.

Meanwhile, the prime minister receives big laughs from the opposition benches when he mentions having meetings with ministerial colleagues this morning. It certainly seems like he will be having further meetings this afternoon as he replace his ministers who have resigned this morning…

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Boris Johnson is on his feet, as this week's Prime Minister's Questions gets under way

He begins by saying the government is implementing the "biggest tax cut for a decade" - changes that will benefit 13m people across the UK, he says.

A typical worker will be better off by £330 per year, he says.

He also wishes the best of luck to the England and Northern Ireland teams competing in the Women's Euros.

And now it's time for MPs' questions.

Iain Watson
Political correspondent

As a biographer of Winston Churchill, Boris Johnson will be aware of the quote: "The opposition occupies the benches in front of you, but the enemy sits behind you."

A slew of junior ministers and parliamentary aides have already wielded the knife this morning, sending resignation letters highly critical of the PM.

Whether it was Margaret Thatcher or Tony Blair departing, leaders are usually cheered by the House at their last PMQS.

But Johnson does not intend this to be his last hurrah, so it will be interesting to watch the reaction from his own side.

There will be pressure on Keir Starmer, too - he'll be keen to claim a political scalp for himself but opposition leaders don't always hit the target even when governments are in turmoil.

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Boris Johnson has left Downing Street for the House of Commons ahead of Prime Minister's Questions.

He waved and smiled as he got into a ministerial car outside the door to Number 10.

He'll be taking his spot at the despatch box shortly - stick with us.

Nick Eardley
Political correspondent

Things are moving very quickly in Parliament. But there is a growing sense among Tory MPs that the prime minister won’t be able to ride out this crisis.

One source close to the process has told me that if Boris Johnson doesn’t go voluntarily, there will be another attempt to force him out through a confidence vote.

This isn’t confirmed and clearly the PM’s critics are trying to move against him. But I’m told there’s a meeting of the 1922 committee tonight where a change to the rules could be forced through - allowing another vote as soon as Monday.

Other senior MPs who know how the 1922 works believe the committee's chair Sir Graham Brady may be forced to go and speak to the PM himself, if it’s clear a majority of Tory MPs have turned. Sir Graham hasn’t commented.

Robert Halfon MP, who put out a statement this morning saying he had lost confidence in the PM, has been speaking to the BBC.

He said that he backed the PM two weeks ago, but now "enough is enough".

He said he didn't discuss his letter with anyone else in his office, slept on it overnight and "woke up feeling even more angry".

Halfon says the parliamentary party is "really unhappy", even those who are supporting the PM.

"I just feel we've reached an end point. I feel we've been misled, the public have been misled, I feel we're just talking about this and nothing else yet again," he says.

He says he has "no idea" what will happen next.

"If you've got someone like me who is fairly moderate and not an agitator against the prime minister, I think that they know it's fairly serious."

Lee Anderson, the Tory MP elected in 2019 for the "Red Wall" seat of Ashfield, announced this morning he'd withdrawn his support for Boris Johnson.

He's now told the BBC's Politics Live he's been "a massive supporter of the boss", who he says has "got all the key calls right" - on Brexit, Covid and Ukraine.

But he adds "the whole No 10 operation has got it so wrong" on Chris Pincher; it "looks like stuff is being swept under the carpet" and he "can't look at myself in the mirror [defending it] any more".

We're awaiting this week's prime minister's questions, which is due to start in about 20 minutes.

Boris Johnson can expect a rough ride, with Tory resignations coming thick and fast this morning, a day after Rishi Sunak stepped down as chancellor and Sajid Javid resigned as health secretary.

With massive questions hanging over his future, the prime minister faces the challenge of keeping his own party on side as well as fending off criticism from the opposition.

We'll be streaming it live at the top of this page and bringing updates throughout. Stay with us.

Justice minister Victoria Atkins has resigned, saying "we can and must be better than this".

Here's her resignation letter below:

Sources close to Boris Johnson are insisting he will not leave No 10, despite a mounting revolt against his leadership and a flurry of resignations at various levels of government.

Ministers and aides have continued to resign this morning - while support is also ebbing away from the prime minister among previously-loyal MPs.

Here's a quick recap of what's happened and what's about to happen:

• Johnson is set to face Prime Minister's Questions as MPs

• It comes after a flurry of junior ministerial resignations. One of them, children and families minister Will Quince, said he could not accept being sent out to defend the PM on television with inaccurate information over the Chris Pincher row
• Robin Walker resigned as schools standards minister, telling the prime minister the "great achievements" of the government had become "overshadowed by mistakes and questions about integrity"
• Other resignations included Laura Trott, who among those who quit as a ministerial aide, saying trust in recent months had been lost
• Their resignations followed the departures of former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and former Health Secretary Sajid Javid on Tuesday
• Meanwhile, the new Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has been speaking to the media this morning. He insists the PM is focused on his job and on “delivery, delivery, delivery”

And here's another one.

The MP for Ipswich, Tom Hunt, who was previously loyal to Boris Johnson, has announced he is withdrawing support from the prime minister.

In a Facebook post, he said there was much that Johnson had got right during his time as prime minister.

But he said the events of the past week - referring to the government's handling of the situation around former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher - have been "the straw that has broken the camel's back".

We're getting a flurry of resignations now in the lead-up to Prime Minister's Questions, where Boris Johnson will face MPs. Parliamentary Private Secretary Felicity Buchan, the MP for Kensington, has quit her role.

She says she still believes in "Conservative values" and she wants the government to implement "Conservative politices without distractions".

She says that "requires fresh leadership".

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Treasury Minister John Glen says he is quitting with "deep regret".

In a letter to the prime minister, he says "poor judgement" over the appointment of Chris Pincher "make it impossible to square continued service with my conscience".

He says the country "deserves better".

Conservative MP Chris Skidmore says he's submitted a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson.

Skidmore says the prime minister was repeatedly informed of "allegations of sexual misconduct and previously upheld complaints against a member of government", meaning Chris Pincher.

Pincher has resigned as deputy chief whip and had the Conservative whip removed after claims of his behaviour at a social event last week emerged.

Skidmore says the prime minister has not been "truthful to the media, to his own advisers and Number 10 officials, and to the party in disclosing what he knew" about Pincher.

It is a grave situation, he says, that is "tantamount to an effective cover up of sexual abuse that would never be tolerated in any normal, functioning workplace".

Johnson has admitted it was a "bad mistake" to appoint Pincher, despite being aware of misconduct allegations against him, and has apologised for it. He said there was no place in government for anyone who abused their position

Skidmore calls for changes to the Conservative Party's regulations in order to allow another confidence vote in the prime minister.

He says: "The 1922 must urgently reconsider the rules that prevent a new vote of no confidence from taking place."

What does Zahawi move mean for teachers’ pay?published at 11:13 British Summer Time 6 July 2022

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Branwen Jeffreys
Education Editor

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And finally, let's look at education. Nadhim Zahawi's move from education to become chancellor of the exchequer leaves a gap - and junior minister in the department Michelle Donelan has been promoted to fill it.

One of Zahawi's new jobs as chancellor will be to decide how much of a pay rise teachers in England might get.

He referred to a possible 9% increase this morning, but that’s a manifesto promise from 2019 to raise teachers’ starting salaries in England - rather than part of this year’s negotiations.

The separate matter of a soon-to-be-announced pay rise for teachers at every level of experience could provoke industrial action if it falls far short of inflation.

Experienced teachers, who make up around half of the workforce, have seen a real-terms fall in earnings of 8% between 2007 and 2021.

The government has proposed to the pay review body a 5.1% pay rise for experienced teachers over the two years 2022-24, to be paid for out of existing school funding.

This falls short of what the education unions are calling for to offset the rising cost of living.

Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said this morning that the offer is “nothing like good enough” when inflation is so much higher.

Barclay to face formidable challenges as health secretarypublished at 11:12 British Summer Time 6 July 2022

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Hugh Pym
BBC News Health Editor

To say that Steve Barclay has a lot to take on at the Department of Health and Social Care is an understatement.

He becomes secretary of state at a time of formidable challenges for the NHS and social care.

There are nearly 6.5m people on waiting lists for planned operations in England, ambulance services and A&E departments are stretched to the limit, and social care is under great strain.

The head of NHS England, Amanda Pritchard, has warned that the next two years could be even tougher for the health service than during the pandemic.

Add to that workforce shortages in many health professions and the prospect of bruising battles with unions over pay, and it becomes clear what Barclay is facing up to as he is briefed by officials.

To make the job even more daunting, Covid is picking up again and putting more pressure on hospitals.

Barclay has already worked as a junior minister in the department in 2018. But he now faces the toughest assignment of his career at a critical moment for the NHS.

How might Zahawi differ to Sunak?published at 11:05 British Summer Time 6 July 2022

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Faisal Islam
BBC Economics Editor

The new chancellor did not this morning dispute the idea that quick tax cuts could be on the agenda to boost the economy over a tricky next year.

Nadim Zahawi said “nothing was off the table” and he would review all the evidence and data, and pointed to 2023 in particular as an economic challenge.

All that immediately raises the question of some sort of temporary stimulus, whether from a fast tracked income tax cut, an emergency VAT cut, or cancelling planned rises in business taxes.

That in turn raises questions about whether the new chancellor will stick both to Rishi Sunak’s “Tax Plan” for income tax cuts only the year before the election, and his borrowing rules.

The chancellor also may choose to expand cost of living support, which some Conservative MPs fear has been a little “bitty”. And he has to decide with cabinet colleagues on public sector pay. As education secretary he had already pushed for a 9% rise for new teachers.

We've been focusing this morning on further resignations by Conservative MPs serving in Boris Johnson's government.

But let's cast our minds back to yesterday for a moment when Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid resigned, prompting a reshuffle of the cabinet.

Nadhim Zahawi became chancellor, leaving his position as education secretary.

Steve Barclay moved to health secretary, having previously been the prime minister's chief of staff.

And Michelle Donelan was made education secretary, having previously been minister for universities.

In a moment we'll set out the challenges each of them face in their new ministerial briefs.