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Mr Zahawi was in the middle of a grilling by Nick Robinson on Radio 4's flagship Today programme when he was informed that Children's minister Will Quince and transport minister Laura Trott quit.
Boris Johnson is facing a brutal day after the bombshell departures, running the gauntlet of PMQs at noon before a three-hour grilling from the powerful Liaison Committee
In a personal statement to the Commons immediately after PMQs, watched in silence by Boris Johnson, Sajid Javid said that maintaining 'honesty and integrity matters.
The senior Conservative backbencher (pictured) was speaking on BBC Newsnight after the resignations of Health Secretary Sajid Javid and Chancellor Rishi Sunak last night.
Boris Johnson received jeers and cheers as he took to his feet in the chamber with his prospects of survival looking increasingly slim.