Boris Johnson at a gathering in 10 Downing Street for the departure of a special adviser, which has been released with the publication of Sue's Gray report into Downing Street parties in Whitehall during the coronavirus lockdown.Boris Johnson’s ethics chief has suggested the prime minister’s partygate fine may have breached the ministerial code, in a sign the scandal the prime minister hoped to draw a line under last week has […]
Boris Johnson with Sadiq Khan (left) at Paddington station in London, to mark the completion of London's Crossrail project. The Metropolitan Police must “explain” why Boris Johnson was not fined for attending a boozy leaving party during the Covid lockdown, Sadiq Khan has said.The London mayor spoke out after pictures emerged of the prime minister making a toast at the event in Number 10, which was held to mark the departure […]
Boris Johnson and Sue Gray, the civil servant preparing the partygate report.Boris Johnson asked a top civil servant not to publish a potentially damaging report into the culture of lockdown rule-breaking parties in Westminster, a report has suggested, as the prime minster faced fresh accusations he lied to parliament.Sue Gray is expected – as early as Tuesday – to make public her investigation into partygate, and is likely to be […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson departs 10 Downing StreetBoris Johnson will receive no more fines over the partygate scandal, Number 10 has confirmed.The prime minister’s official spokesman said they had been informed by the Metropolitan Police that no further action will be taken against the prime minister.Johnson, his wife Carrie and Rishi Sunak each received fixed penalty notices for attending a surprise birthday party for the PM in 10 Downing Street […]
Boris Johnson was fined for attending his surprise birthday party in Number 10.The Metropolitan Police’s investigation into alleged lockdown-busting parties in Downing Street and Whitehall is over.In a statement, the force announced that the partygate probe, known as Operation Hillman, “is now complete”.A total of 126 fixed penalty notices for breaches of Covid-19 regulations have been handed out relating to eight parties, the Met said.Of those, 53 were men and […]
Scotland Yard has announced it has issued more than 100 fines for covid lockdown breaches as part of its partygate investigation. The police had been waiting for the local elections to be over before revealing its latest round of fixed penalty notices for gatherings held in Downing Street and Whitehall during lockdown.Previously, the Metropolitan Police had confirmed that 50 fines had been issued over partygate.In a statement, the Met said: “As […]
