Tory MP Charles Walker expected to join Partygate committee

Exclusive: Walker is to be involved in the inquiry into whether Boris Johnson misled MPs

The veteran Tory MP Charles Walker is expected to be handed a spot on the committee investigating Boris Johnson over claims he misled MPs over Partygate.

A well-respected, long-serving backbencher, who was vice-chair of the 1922 Committee for about a decade, Walker was quietly nominated by the Liz Truss government as the House of Commons went into conference recess.