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The Independent says Downing Street has refused to say if Boris Johnson will resign if he is fined over lockdown-breaching parties at No 10 after the police announced it is issuing fines.
The Met Police are issuing 20 fines to individuals who unlawfully attended pirates in Downing Street and the Cabinet Office – confirming PM Boris Johnson misled the House of Commons on December 8.
The Metro says the Metropolitan Police is expected to issue the first tranche of fines over ‘partygate’ today, it has been reported.
The Independent says Boris Johnson should resign as prime minister if he is fined over lockdown-breaching parties at 10 Downing Street, Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has said.
The Guardian says the first fines for lockdown breaches in Downing Street are expected to be issued imminently following an investigation into Partygate.
The Metro says police say they are now interviewing witnesses as part of the investigation into alleged lockdown busting parties at Downing Street.
Sky News says No taxpayers’ money was spent on food or drink consumed at Downing Street events being probed.
The Guardian says A new attempt will be launched next week to force publication of the full report into whether No 10 parties broke Covid laws.
The Guardian says the Metropolitan Police have said they are considering whether to investigate Boris Johnson over the funding of his Downing Street flat renovation.
PM Boris Johnson has been given an update from Sue Gray’s inquiry into parrots held at Downing Street – ahead of its public release later.
BBC News says Labour MP Richard Burgon tells the story of a nurse who was fined during lockdown for organising a protest against government cuts.
BBC News says In his final question, Starmer says we have the “shameful” spectacle of the prime minister of the UK being subject to a police investigation.
The Independent says Sir Keir Starmer says the partygate saga is “all happening when petrol prices, the weekly shop and energy bills are going through the roof”
Starmer says we have the spectacle of a PM under police investigation. And as the cabinet refuse to speak out, they become more complicit.
BBC News says Sir Keir Starmer says that on 1 December the PM told the House all policies were followed in No 10 and points to another comment in the Commons.
BBC says In his first question to PM, Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer points to the ministerial code, which says ministers must resign if they knowingly mislead Parliament.
The Independent says Boris Johnson’s first question, from Labour’s Kate Osamor, is on the government writing off more than £bn in fraudulent Covid handouts.
The Metro says Allegations of yet another rule-breaking party in Downing Street have been made, with the prime minister said to have attended a birthday gathering in 2020.
BBC News says Boris Johnson is under renewed pressure after Downing Street admitted staff gathered inside No 10 during the first Covid lockdown to mark his birthday.
Sky News says Boris Johnson is facing a week of reckoning as a report into Downing Street parties during lockdown is due to be released.
A prime minister who has been found deliberately lying to Parliament would “normally” resign according to Dominic Raab.
The Guardian says Rebel Tories are upping pressure on Boris Johnson to quit over the Downing Street parties scandal.
The Independent says Boris Johnson has been accused of giving a speech at a leaving do for his defence adviser in December 2020.
The Guardian says An inquiry into Downing Street parties that could determine the fate of Boris Johnson’s premiership should be given greater independence from No 10.