Johnson’s Government Puts Forward Confidence Motion in Itself After Blocking Labour Bid

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves while walking to a waiting car as he leaves from 10 Downing Street to head to the Houses of Parliament for the weekly Prime Minister's Questions, in central London, on July 13, 2022. Carlos Jasso/AFP via Getty Images

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government says it will put forward a confidence motion in itself after it blocked the opposition’s bid for a vote of no confidence in both the government and the leader.

The government—effectively a caretaker administration after Johnson announced he will step down—took the measure after Labour said it intended to seek a no confidence motion on Wednesday in response to Johnson’s declaration that he will carry on in his role until a new Conservative leader is in place in September.