27 Jan 2022

UK PM Boris Johnson rejects calls for his resignation

From Morning Report, 6:11 am on 27 January 2022

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has rejected opposition calls for him to resign for attending lockdown parties.

Tensions over the UK leader's job are mounting, ahead of the publication of an official report into allegations that he and his staff held parties in breach of his government's own coronavirus restrictions.

British police are also investigating the alleged breaches. Johnson's critics have accused him of another lie, related to the airlifting of dogs out of Kabul.

UK correspondent Vincent McAviney spoke to Susie Ferguson.