Johnson faces backlash for ‘failure to act’ over Chris Pincher warnings

Parliamentary staffers and Tory MPs say allegations of sexual misconduct were not acted on by whips

Boris Johnson is facing a backlash over the promotion of his ally Chris Pincher, as a group of Conservative parliamentary staffers accused the prime minister of a failure to act on warnings" of sexual misconduct by his MPs.

As new claims emerged about Pincher, who resigned as deputy chief whip over allegations that he groped two men in a London club, No 10 continued to insist that Johnson was unaware of any specific" warnings until last week.