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BBC News says a Conservative peer has resigned as a justice minister over Covid law-breaking in Downing Street.

The Independent says Boris Johnson looked set to avoid an initial fallout from becoming the first prime minister to be hit with criminal sanctions while in office over a birthday bash held for him in Downing Street against Covid rules.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak will be fined by the police for attending parties during lockdown.

The Metro says a Conservative MP has been strongly criticised for branding the conviction of a fellow Tory for sexually assaulting a teenage boy ‘an international scandal’.

The Independent says Conservative MP Crispin Blunt has been branded “disgraceful” after he came to the defence of Imran Ahmad Khan.

The Guardian says MPs have expressed outrage over comments made by the Conservative MP Crispin Blunt about the guilty verdict in Imran Ahmad Khan’s sexual assault trial.

BBC News says Conservative MP Crispin Blunt is facing criticism after defending a fellow Tory MP convicted of sexual assault.

Ali Harbi Ali, 26, has been convicted at the Old Bailey of the terrorist assassination of Tory MP Sir David Amess.

The Metro says Rishi Sunak has reportedly blasted speculation he could quit as he asks for an investigation into his financial affairs.

The Independent says Liz Truss has begun to pull out in front of Rishi Sunak as the bookmakers’ favourite Tory MP to replace Boris Johnson, after a series of revelations about the chancellor and his wife’s tax affairs.