Boris Johnson on brink as MORE ministers and aides resign in protest at his leadership

Boris Johnson's premiership sits on the brink this morning after more ministers and aides handed in their resignations.

Will Quince resigned as children and families minister, saying he could not accept being sent out to defend the Prime Minister on television with inaccurate information over the Chris Pincher row. Laura Trott quit as a ministerial aide, saying 'trust in politics is – and must always be – of the utmost importance, but sadly in recent months this has been lost'.

Robin Walker then announced he was resigning as school standards minister, saying that 'recent events have made it clear to me that our great party, for which I have campaigned all of my adult life, has become distracted from its core missions by a relentless focus on questions over leadership'. He told Mr Johnson the 'great achievements' of the government had been 'overshadowed by mistakes and questions about integrity'.

Mr Walker added that the loss of Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid 'reflects a worrying narrowing of the broad church that I believe any Conservative government should seek to achieve'. Treasury minister John Glen then announced his resignation, telling Boris Johnson 'I can no longer reconcile my commitment to the role” with “the complete lack of confidence I have in your continuing leadership of our country'.

This comes after the former chancellor and health secretary both handed in their Cabinet resignations last night. Mr Sunak said 'the public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously', adding: "I believe these standards are worth fighting for and that is why I am resigning."

Mr Javid said the British people 'expect integrity from their government' but voters now believed Mr Johnson’s