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Boris Johnson’s ethics advisor is threatening to quit over his boss’s response to Partygate. Lord Geidt says there is a “legitimate question” of whether Johnson broke the ministerial code, which is usually a resigning offence. Thirty Tory MPs are publicly calling for a confidence vote in the PM, which rebels believe is “now inevitable”, says The Times. To take advantage of the “chronic backlog” in driving tests, some instructors are bulk-booking test slots and reselling them at a profit. Learners are paying more than £200 for £75 slots. So many men are getting hair transplants that “Britain is unlikely to have any baldies” by 2138, says The Sun. More than half a million men have had a “bonce boost” in the last decade alone. “We shall over comb!”