https://www.itv.com/news/2022-01-20/tory-mp-accuses-no10-of-threatening-to-withdraw-funding-over-opposition-to-pm
Glad somebody has spoken out about this, as it was intimated by Grant Schapps yesterday.
Blackmail using public money. As it was in the original "Towns fund" debacle.
Cunts.
.....A senior Conservative MP has accused Number 10 of "blackmail", saying staff had threatened him and other colleagues over their opposition to Boris Johnson.
William Wragg urged MPs to contact the Metropolitan Police if they had been threatened or intimidated.
The chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee said Number 10 staff, special advisers and government whips had said there would be embarrassing stories released to the press if MPs did not support the prime minister.
He also said Number 10 had threatened to withdraw funding to his and other backbenchers' constituencies if they did not withdraw their opposition to Mr Johnson.
He said "the intimidation of a member of parliament is a serious matter", adding: "The reports of which I'm aware would seem to constitute blackmail."
Number 10 has been contacted for a response.