Around 70 donors were invited to mingle with Mr Johnson and Mr Sunak. The plans, which had been closely guarded for months, were thrashed out between Mr Johnson, Mr Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid. Mr Sunak said that would break the party's pledge to voters to be fiscally responsible. On the day of the vote, Mr Johnson met backbenchers at a meeting of the 1922 Committee – which consists of all backbench Tories. When MPs flocked to the Commons Terrace after the vote, neither Mr Johnson nor Mr Sunak were there.

Source: Daily Mail September 11, 2021 21:00 UTC