UK PM Boris Johnson faces grilling after top ministers quit
By DW
06 July 2022 |
12:21 pm
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has faced lawmakers' questions after two of the most-senior figures in his government resigned. The finance and health ministers said they could no longer tolerate the culture of scandal.
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