Kenilworth's MP has refused to say whether Boris Johnson should resign as prime minister until an inquiry into rule breaking at No. 10 has been published.

MP for Kenilworth and Southam Jeremy Wright said whilst there are "legitimate" questions surrounding the PM, the situation "may be further illuminated" by Sue Gray's report.

Mr Johnson has faced calls to resign after he apologised during Prime Ministers Questions yesterday (January 12) for attending a drinks party at Downing Street in May 2020

And though he added Mr Johnson's apology should have come "sooner and with less qualification" Kenilworth's MP chose to sit on the fence rather than declaring for or against his party leader.

Mr Wright, who said himself that he had opposed the PM's leadership campaign, said: "If the prime minister were to leave office now, his successor would not arrive the next day.

"There would need to be a time-consuming leadership contest in the Conservative Party, no doubt involving candidates who are members of a government the public has a right to expect will be focussed on responding to the pandemic at the moment.

"Balanced against all of this are valid concerns about leadership and character, which may be further illuminated by the report into events at Downing Street by Sue Gray, which we expect to see soon."

Mr Wright also said that whilst the current government had made mistake in the handling of the pandemic, credit should be given for "considerable success, in particular in purchasing vaccines".

But the former attorney general added: "The anger at apparent double standards in Downing Street compared to those followed by my constituents and millions of others, often at very great personal cost, is real and justified.

"This is therefore a very serious situation and questions about the prime minister's ability to stay in office are legitimate.

"Among the understandably high emotions, I think my constituents are entitled to expect me to respond in a considered way."