SLIPPERY PREMIER DODGES QUIZ SHAMELESS

PM heads for India mired in scandal as Tory MPs bid to block vote on probe into Downing St parties

- PIPPA CRERAR and LIZZY BUCHAN

BORIS Johnson's trip to India today is set to be overshadowed by Partygate back home - as he insisted he would survive until the next general election.

The Government will try to block a Labour plan to refer the Prime Minister for an investigation into whether he misled Parliament over the row.

Tory MPs will be on a three-line whip to kick any decision to investigate Johnson into the long grass.

Labour accused Johnson of trying to “rig the rules” to deflect from his own law-breaking.

Last night, the Tories published an amendment to the Opposition bid so that MPs will only get a say after Sue Gray has published her report. With an 80-strong majority, the Government's brazen attempt to kill the plan for now is likely to be successful.