There were successive resignations from the British government - today, Wednesday - bringing the number to 5 ministers who left their posts during the past 24 hours, while Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to continue in power.

Al-Jazeera correspondent reported the resignation of British Equality Minister Kimi Badenok, and Industry Minister Lee Rowley.

Earlier on Wednesday, Britain's Minister of State for Children and Family Will Quince and Laura Trott, Assistant Secretary of State for Transport, resigned.

On Tuesday evening, Finance Minister Rishi Sunak and Health Minister Sajid Javid resigned.

The resigning ministers justified their departure by saying they had lost confidence in Johnson.

According to Al-Jazeera correspondent, the number of resignations in the ranks of the British Prime Minister's team has risen to 29.

In his resignation letter, Sunak accused the prime minister of wanting to deceive the British people about the true state of the economy, and stressed that he would not be complicit in that deception.

As for Javid, he said he could no longer continue his government role "in good conscience".

In addition to the ministers, many government officials resigned, and some ruling party deputies gave up their seats.

These developments came at a time when the ruling Conservative Party has been accused of a series of abuses and irregularities in recent months, and the Prime Minister has been criticized for incompetence.

Al-Jazeera correspondent in London, Mina Harbelo, reported that Johnson's future is once again shrouded in doubt, with the state of tension increasing day after day, especially after the losses incurred by the party in the recent local elections.

She added that a number of ruling Conservative Party deputies are increasing pressure on Johnson to push him to step down, and are coordinating their efforts to change the party's regulations in order to hold a new internal vote of no-confidence in him, after he survived a vote held on the sixth of last June.

The resignations of ministers coincide with protests calling for Johnson to leave power (Anatolia)

I won't leave

But Johnson pledged - today, Wednesday - in Parliament to continue to respond to calls for his resignation, saying that he will not leave the position, while his spokesman denied the existence of an intention to hold early elections.

Johnson, whose isolation seems to be increasing day by day, tried to use a parliamentary session to answer questions in an attempt to show the solidity of his position, repeating the justifications he gave about the latest scandal that damaged the image of his government and led to a crack in its ranks.

Earlier, Johnson attempted to re-establish his power by appointing Nazim al-Zahawi, a rising star in the Conservative Party widely credited with the successful distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, as finance minister.

But his performance in answering lawmakers' questions was met with muted nods and, at times, outright laughter.

At one point, Johnson received a question from a member of his party whether there were any circumstances at all that required him to resign?

Johnson responded by saying that he would resign only if the government could not continue to do its job.

Even Johnson's colleagues in government tried hard to stifle their laughter, as the opposition Labor leader mocked the government for being "lightweight".

"When times are tough... that is exactly the moment when you expect the government to keep working, not pull out... to do the work and focus on the things that matter to the people," Johnson told MPs.