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Latest updates: ITV makes revelations about former prime minister before privileges committee meets

Back to Boris Johnson, for the record here is the statement in full a spokesperson put out on his behalf in response to the latest revelations from ITV. (See 8.59am and 9.29am.) The spokesperson said:

During the Covid-19 pandemic Boris Johnson led our country through its most dangerous peacetime crisis in living memory.

As prime minister during a 24/7 national emergency he worked constantly to ensure the government did everything possible in its power to save lives and protect livelihoods.

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​Latest updates: ITV makes revelations about former prime minister before privileges committee meetsBack to Boris Johnson, for the record here is the statement in full a spokesperson put out on his behalf in response to the latest revelations from ITV. (See 8.59am and 9.29am.) The spokesperson said:During the Covid-19 pandemic Boris Johnson led our country through its most dangerous peacetime crisis in living memory.As prime minister during a 24/7 national emergency he worked constantly to ensure the government did everything possible in its power to save lives and protect livelihoods. Continue reading…