Transport secretary Grant Shapps has denied claims Boris Johnson has "checked out" from his post as prime minister with just six weeks left in the position.
Shapps also chaired an ineffectual travel taskforce during Covid (Credit: @GrantShapps / Twitter)
Speaking to Sky News, Shapps said Johnson was "still in charge" when questioned why the prime minister didn’t chair a recent emergency COBR (cabinet office briefing room) meeting on the record-high temperatures the UK is facing.
"The prime minister chairs Cabinet, which is the ultimate body, and COBR sits under that," he said. "I know the PM’s keeping in touch with [the climate emergency], he was on the phone to me over the weekend about it and we spoke about several aspects of it.
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