NORTH Shropshire MP Helen Morgan had yet again slammed Prime Minister Boris Johnson for 'irrevocably damaging' the trust of the public and parliament.

Speaking in the House of Commons, Ms Morgan, who was elected after the resignation of Owen Paterson after controversy over Parliamentary standards, said that the country faces 'difficult' decisions in coming months.

And she believes that confidence in Mr Johnson, who may face defeat in a vote to determine whether he misled Parliament over 'Partygate', has become damaged beyond repair.

She said: "“It is possible that our leader will be required to make decisions of the most serious nature in the coming months. Decisions none of us was wish to be forced to make.

“Should this happen, this House and the British public will need to have the utmost confidence that the Prime Minister is telling us the truth.

“The Prime Minister has irrevocably damaged that confidence.

"No one believes the Prime Minister has told the truth because he has become entangled in a web of lies.”

Ms Morgan was speaking in a debate on whether to allow Parliament to investigate Mr Johnson, with a number of Conservative MPs speaking out against the PM.

Later in the debate, Labour MP Matt Western said: “If we are to restore faith and trust in this place we cannot defend the indefensible.

"The Government tried that with the Owen Paterson affair.”

Conservative MP Sir Peter Bottomley, the Father of the House, said: “I think the big distinction with Owen Paterson is that when outside investigations showed what he had done was wrong, he didn’t accept it.”