No 10 insists PM did nothing wrong after Speaker said it was ‘dishonourable’ not to admit mistakes

Boris Johnson has resisted calls from Labour to apologise and correct what the party said was a false claim about opposition MPs voting against a pay rise for nurses.

The prime minister’s press secretary, Allegra Stratton, insisted he said nothing wrong, after the Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, piled pressure on by saying that not admitting mistakes was “dishonourable”.

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