Former PM says he is standing down as an MP and says he has been driven out of parliament

Here is the full text of Boris Johnson’s resignation statement:

Johnson wrote:

I have received a letter from the privileges committee making it clear – much to my amazement – that they are determined to use the proceedings against me to drive me out of parliament.

They have still not produced a shred of evidence that I knowingly or recklessly misled the Commons.

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