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The prime minister was said by the Daily Mail to have mobilised the cabinet to try to dampen down a Tory mutiny over the “party-gate” scandal – but there was only “lukewarm” support from Chancellor Rishi Sunak. According to the paper, ministers were despatched to the airwaves and social media after a rare “grovelling apology” from the PM failed to quell anger among senior Conservatives.