Connor Burns, the UK under-secretary for business, has been sacked from government by Prime Minister Liz Truss by “direct action” after complaints about his behavior at the Conservative Party’s annual conference, which ended on Wednesday. Citing “gross misconduct”, Downing Street explained that it was Truss who had asked Burns to leave and insisted that all members of the administration “maintain the highest standards of behavior – in a way that the public rightly expects”.
The announcement follows news that he has already been suspended from the party in London this afternoon. asked the newspaper the sun Before Truss’ decision was known, the politician said he was “willing to cooperate fully with the investigation [do partido]” and who wanted to “clear his name”. Regardless of the final results, Burns immediately became an independent in Parliament.
According to telegramThe incident was reported at the bar of the Hyatt Hotel in Birmingham, where the party convention was held. Office of the Whip (Office of representatives responsible for ensuring voting discipline in the General Assembly, usually people close to and loyal to the government). Contacted by a representative of the conference who attended the alleged incident. oh the sun He adds that the complaint relates to his “behaviour towards a younger man”.
Burns, 50, has been an elected member of the Bournemouth West constituency since 2010 and held his first ministerial post with Boris Johnson, who appointed him in 2018 to his vacated post at the Trade Ministry. In 2020, he was forced to resign after it was revealed that he had used his position to intimidate someone involved in a debt dispute with his father.
Back in government, the following year, he was appointed Under-Secretary-General for Northern Ireland, a position he held until exactly a month ago, when Truss called him back to business.
