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The Guardian – ‘PM accused of lying, No 10 filmed joking about party’
The Guardian - ‘PM accused of lying, No 10 filmed joking about party’
Daily Mirror – ‘Another top tory broke Covid party rules’
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Metro – ‘No 10 party clowns’
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The Independent – ‘No 10 staff joked about holding Christmas party’
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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
Photos of the prime minister's former press secretary, Allegra Stratton, laughing feature on many of Wednesday’s front pages - as the claims that Downing Street held a Christmas party during lockdown last December were given fresh impetus.
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