The former culture secretary is understood to be considering formally standing down before the summer recess, which could prompt a by-election in the autumn.
Downing Street has said it is"entirely untrue" that Mr Sunak or members of his Number 10 team removed names from Mr Johnson's honours list following accusations from the former prime minister's camp.
In his first public comments since the row, Mr Sunak said Mr Johnson wanted him"to do something I wasn't prepared to do" -"to either overrule the Holac committee or make promises to people".Sunak hits out at Johnson It is claimed that Ms Dorries and others were not informed that they needed to announce their resignations as MPs within six months of being put forward for peerages - allowing Downing Street to"run down the clock".Ms Dorries may now wait until just before the summer recess to formally resign, which would leave the prime minister to fight an autumn by-election in her Mid Bedfordshire constituency where her 24,000 majority is under threat from Labour and the Liberal Democrats.
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