Harlow’s MP says he has lost confidence in Boris Johnson following a flood of resignations in the Conservative party.

Robert Halfon issued a statement on Wednesday (July 6) saying that he felt “the pubic have been misled” about the appointment of the former deputy chief whip.

This unfolded after Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised for hiring Chris Pincher, despite knowing he had faced complaints over inappropriate behaviour back in 2019.

In the past few days, Mr Johnson had been changing his messaging over the hiring and handling of Mr Pincher, after he quit last week since accusations of groping two men in a private member’s club in London arose.

Mr Halfon said: “I was previously against any leadership change because I thought it would mean many months of political wrangling, during Covid, a cost of living crisis and the war in Ukraine.”

He added: “The parties at Number 10 Downing Street were bad enough, but the appointment of this individual and the untruthful statements about what was known, is unacceptable to me.”

The MP said that he can’t bring himself to give the Prime Minister the benefit of the doubt again.

He concluded: “For this reason, if there is a vote for a change in leadership, I will now vote for that change.”