Concerns are made public following his decision to restrict ethics adviser’s powers
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Boris Johnson faces fresh criticism of his conduct over Partygate as the committee on standards in public life issues a statement raising questions about his commitment to uphholding the ministerial code.
Members of the independent watchdog are understood to have been particularly irked by Johnson’s decision, announced last week, not to give his independent ethics adviser, Lord Geidt, the power to launch his own inquiries in future.
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