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Boris Johnson made an undignified and swift exit after a savage session in the House of Commons.

The prime minister bolted for the door after ex-health secretary Sajid Javid delivered a devastating statement following his resignation last night. 

Opposition MPs shouted ‘bye bye Boris’ as he shuffled past a front bench diminished by furious exits in the last 24 hours.

The PM left his seat seconds after grimacing his way through Mr Javid’s bruising speech.

He said he had given Mr Johnson the benefit of the doubt on several occasions but concluded ‘I do fear that the reset button can only work so many times’.

Mr Javid urged other cabinet minister to join him and Rishi Sunak in their efforts to oust Mr Johnson, saying ‘not doing something is an active decision’.

He told MPs: ‘Last month I gave the benefit of doubt one last time… I have concluded that the problem starts at the top and I believe that is not going to change and that means that it is for those of us in a position who have responsibility to make that change.

‘I wish my cabinet colleagues well and I can see they have decided to remain in the cabinet. They will have their own reasons.’

Laughter could be heard in the chamber as Mr Javid went on: ‘But it is a choice. I know just how difficult that choice is. But let’s be clear, not doing something is an active decision.’

The statement followed a PMQs during which the Labour leader savagely attacked Mr Johnson.

He said remaining ministers were ‘only in office because no one else is willing to debase themselves any further’ and said Tory MPs were ‘sinking ships fleeing the rat’.

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Another damaging intervention came from Tory MP Gary Sambrook, who said: ‘In an attempt to boost morale in the tea room, the prime minister said at a table that there were seven people – MPs – in the Carlton Club last week, and that one of them should have tried to intervene to stop Chris from drinking so much.

‘As if that wasn’t insulting enough to the people who did try and intervene that night and also to the victims – that drink was the problem.’

The MP added: ‘The prime minister is constantly trying to deflect from the issue, always try to blame other people for mistakes.

‘There is at least nothing left for him to do other than to take responsibility and resign.’

Who has resigned from the government so far?

• Sajid Javid – health secretary
• Rishi Sunak – chancellor
• Will Quince – minister for children and families
• Alex Chalk – solicitor general
• Bim Afolami – Tory vice chair
• Laura Trott – PPS at the Department of Transport
• Andrew Murrison – trade envoy to Morocco
• Jonathan Gullis – PPS to the Northern Ireland secretary
• Saqib Bhatti – PPS to the health secretary
• Nicola Richards – PPS for the Department for Transport
• Virginia Crosbie – PPS at the Welsh Office
• Theo Clarke – trade envoy to Kenya
• Robin Walker – schools minister
• John Glenn – economic secretary to Treasury
• Felicity Buchan – PPS at the Department of Business
• Victoria Atkins – prisons minister
• Jo Churchill – health minister
• Stuart Andrew – housing minister
• Tory Claire Coutinho – PPS to the Treasury
• Selaine Saxby – PPS to the Treasury
• David Johnston – PPS to Department for Education

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