Steve Barclay makes the case for Boris Johnson surviving confidence vote

Boris Johnson's Chief of Staff Steve Barclay has issued a rallying message to Conservative MPs to stick with the prime minister in Monday's confidence vote in which he stressed that the government is delivering in the face of massive and unexpected challenges.

"We have lost half of this Parliament to Covid. That is not the fault of the Prime Minister or of Conservative MPs – and our constituents understand that. But it will be our fault entirely if we choose to waste the remaining half of the parliament on distractions over leadership.

The country faces many pressing challenges right now – so we must focus on what matters to the livelihoods of constituents rather than the obsessions of those on social media. My colleagues understand from their constituency work and surgeries just how much the cost of living situation is impacting hardworking people. Pressure on energy bills and food prices is causing real stress and anxiety across the country – and this will continue into the winter.

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