Browsing: PartyGate

The initial findings of Sue Gray’s report into parties at Downing Street has just dropped, saying there were “failures of leadership and judgment” in No 10 and the Cabinet Office.

Sue Gray’s report says there was a “serious failure to observe not just the high standards expected of those working at the heart of Government.”

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.

The Guardian says a new raft of Conservative MPs are poised to send letters of no confidence in Boris Johnson when the long-awaited “partygate” report is published.

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”

Keir Starmer says Boris Johnson “went into hiding for five days because of these allegations (of lockdown parties)”.

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.