Boris Johnson survived a confidence vote in his Government on Monday, giving him seven more weeks in Downing Street before his successor takes charge.

MPs voted by 349 to 238 in favour of the motion, which was tabled by the Government as a response to a Labour attempt last week to hold another vote on Mr Johnson.

Speaking at the start of the debate, the outgoing PM struck a bullish note as he insisted he had got "the big calls right" during his two-and-a-half years in office while urging the Tories to unite around his successor.

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