Boris Campaigner: PM Wants To Stay On And Win Election

Boris Johnson has told a colleague he "does not want to resign" as Prime Minister and wishes he could "wipe away" his departure.

The Prime Minister also told Lord Cruddas of Shoreditch - a former Conservative Party treasurer campaigning to keep him in office - that he "wants to fight the next general election as leader of the Conservative Party", the peer said.

The pair, who met at Chequers over lunch on Friday, discussed Lord Cruddas's "bring back Boris" campaign for a second vote among the party's grassroots to confirm whether they think Mr Johnson should have to resign.

The peer said Mr Johnson had told him he was "rooting for your campaign to succeed".