Deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden says it would ‘disproportionate to undertake further action’ against former PM
Boris Johnson is to avoid censure for breaking the rules on ex-ministers taking up new jobs despite the government accepting he committed a breach over his appointment as a Daily Mail columnist.
Oliver Dowden, the deputy prime minister, told the post-government appointments watchdog on Thursday that it would be “disproportionate to undertake further action” other than acknowledging that there had been a breach.
