What next? Boris Johnson clinging on after multiple resignations

Boris Johnson is clinging on to his Downing Street career tonight after Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid quit in protest over the handling of yet another sleaze scandal.

The senior ministers resigned within minutes of each other, suggesting there is a coordinated move to oust Mr Johnson.

The resignations came after a brutal day for the Prime Minister, in which was accused trying to "cover up" the "inappropriate behaviour" of his former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher.

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Mr Pincher, the MP for Tamworth, was suspended as a Conservative Party MP last week over allegations he groped two men at a private members' club in London.

For days ministers insisted Mr Johnson was not aware of specific allegations against Mr Pincher when he was appointed deputy chief whip - whose job it is to uphold discipline among fellow Tory MPs.

But this morning Lord McDonald of Salford, the ex-permanent secretary at the Foreign Office, said that was “not true”.

This evening Mr Javid told the Prime Minister that the recent vote of confidence should have been a “moment for humility, grip and new direction”.

But he said: “I regret to say, however, that it is clear to me that this situation will not change under your leadership – and you have therefore lost my confidence too.”

In Westminster circles Boris Johnson is often described as the "greased piglet", due to his ability to wriggle out of any scandal or parliamentary impasse.

He has weathered Partygate, a confidence vote, has batted away backbench dissent and shrugged off former Tory leaders Michael Howard and William Hague who have called on him to go.

But with the