Liz Truss says Boris Johnson is doing a ‘fantastic job’ but sidesteps leadership question

The foreign secretary, in Sydney for ministerial-level talks, says the embattled PM has her support and should stay in No 10 ‘as long as possible’

The foreign secretary, Liz Truss, has backed Boris Johnson, saying he is doing “a fantastic job” as prime minister, that he has her “100% support”, and should remain in Number 10 “as long as possible”.

Truss, in Sydney for a series of ministerial talks with her Australian counterpart, was asked on Friday whether the prime minister’s leadership remained tenable, given the unfolding anger over a series of parties in Downing Street while the UK was under a strict Covid lockdown.