UK Conservative Party
The prime minister has been forced to clean up rules around MPs' outside interests following a hellish fortnight he'd rather forget.
Oliver Dowden said the prime minister's acknowledgement that mistakes were made is "effectively the same thing as an apology".
One MP hit back saying it was a “bizarre Tory smear campaign” while another said it was an attempt to divert attention from the “Tory corruption scandal".
John Gray, chair of the Torridge and West Devon Conservatives, said Cox was a "superb constituency MP” with an “astonishing work ethic".
Former attorney general does "not believe that he breached the rules" amid sleaze row.
“It’s good that it’s not all just about politics," Sajid Javid said.
The government is embroiled in a number of so-called “sleaze” scandals that are still dominating the headlines after more than a week.
Former attorney general Geoffrey Cox is under pressure for earning hundreds of thousands of pounds working for a tax haven.
"I can’t tell you what happened between the whips and individual MPs," the deputy prime minister said.
"I don’t answer for or speak for the prime minister directly," the justice secretary insisted.