Sleaze probe minister Damian Green posed with a lifeboat today - as Theresa May struggled to keep her government afloat.

The PM's deputy took part in the unwise photo opportunity as the government was buffeted by a string of crises, ranging from sexual allegations to illicit meetings with foreign politicians.

Sir Michael Fallon's career as Defence Secretary came to an abrupt end last Wednesday, after he admitted his behaviour towards women had fallen short of standards.

And Priti Patel is almost certainly facing the axe this afternoon after more details emerged of a swathe of unauthorised meetings with Israeli politicians while she was on a 'family holiday' last summer.

Mr Green is under investigation by the Cabinet Office over allegations he made a clumsy pass at a Conservative activist, and sent her a flirty text message.

He has also furiously denied separate claims that police found 'extreme' - but legal - porn on his office computer in 2008.

The minister this afternoon posted a picture of himself being shown a lifeboat in Moray.

Deputy PM Damian Green, who is under investigation by the Cabinet Office, this afternoon posted a picture of himself being shown a lifeboat in Moray

Mrs May has already lost Sir Michael Fallon (pictured front row, third from left) from her Cabinet, while Priti Patel (pictured right of middle row) is almost certainly on the way out

Aid Secretary Priti Patel is believed to have been summoned back to the UK from Nairobi for a showdown with Mrs May, dropping plans to fly to Uganda with Trade Secretary Liam Fox. She is pictured on a previous foreign trip

Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is facing calls to quit after his loose comments during evidence to a Commons committee seemingly risked doubling the prison term of a British mother in Iran.

The Leader of the House Andrea Leadsom has also been under pressure over claims she failed to act on concerns about the sexual culture at Westminster, which were raised with the Commons authorities by an alleged rape victim over the summer.

Despite the array of problems, Cabinet did not hold its usual meeting yesterday - with Downing Street saying the regular discussions had been ditched because the Commons was going into recess.

It would have been former chief whip Gavin Williamson's first Cabinet as the new Defence Secretary - a promotion that caused fury among Tory MPs.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested in Iran last year after travelling to the country to take her young daughter Gabriella to visit her parents.

But Iranian police arrested her claiming she was a spy plotting to overthrow the government - which she denies - and was jailed for five years.

Boris Johnson, pictured right entering Downing Street yesterday, has been accused of a blunder that could extend the jail term of a British mother in Iran

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with her husband Richard Ratcliffe and their daughter Gabriella. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was jailed for five years in Iran for spying but insists she is innocent and only in the country to visit her parents with her young daughter (file pic)

Last week Mr Johnson told Parliament that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was 'teaching' journalism when she was arrested in 2016, and she was dragged back to court on a 'propaganda against the regime' charge which could add five more years to her jail term.

Her husband Richard Ratcliffe told MailOnline Mr Johnson's incorrect comment has given the Iranians a chance to 'smear' his wife and hit her with fresh charges, adding the minister's intervention left her 'sobbing down the phone'.

Mr Johnson phoned his Iranian counterpart yesterday to try to clarify the position and press for Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's release.

Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Johnson told MPs his previous remarks 'could have been clearer' but said he had been assured they had not caused the sentence to be reconsidered.

The politician eventually said he was 'sorry' if his remarks caused the family anxiety but angrily defended his own position and blamed the Iranian regime for what is happening to Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

Miss Patel is facing the sack after Mrs May ordered her to cancel an Africa tour and return to the UK.

Sir Michael Fallon resigned as Defence Secretary last Wednesday amid the Westminster sleaze row. He is pictured receiving his Knighthood at Buckingham Palace with son Timothy (left), wife Wendy and second son Peter

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu was in London last week for talks with Mrs May and to mark a century a century since the Balfour Declaration

The Aid Secretary's fate appears to be sealed after two further secret meetings with Israeli officials emerged on top of the 12 that had already been revealed.

The latest developments hardened the mood in Downing Street, where there had already been fury at Miss Patel's 'freelancing'.

No10 sources said the minister had been told to return to the UK from Nairobi for a showdown, cancelling plans for her to fly to Uganda with Trade Secretary Liam Fox.

The row over Miss Patel's extraordinary breach of government protocol while on a 'family holiday' to Israel surfaced last week, but erupted again on Monday when she admitted there were more undeclared meetings, including with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

Mrs May demanded an apology from Miss Patel and formally reprimanded her, hoping that would draw a line under the furore.

However, it has now been revealed that she held two further unauthorised meetings with senior Israeli political figures which were not attended by UK Government officials.

She also reportedly visited an Israeli military field hospital in the Golan Heights, a disputed area that Britain does not recognise, and failed to declare it.

One Conservative MP told MailOnline the failure to fire Miss Patel earlier showed that Mrs May's authority among her top team was 'completely shot'.

MPs are demanding ministers release around 40 'impact assessments' of leaving the EU.

Speaker John Bercow has said the government must release the potentially explosive documents by the end of today, but Brexit Secretary David Davis claims the assessments have not actually been written yet.

There are fears that Philip Hammond's Budget package could cause a crisis as he tries to balance the books while the economy slows.

The Tories' disastrous election result means only small numbers of rebels are needed against proposed tax changes or spending measures to inflict a highly damaging defeat.

Relations between Mrs May and Mr Hammond are thought to have been frosty, and the PM had been expected to eject him from No11 if she had won an overall majority in June.