Boris Johnson admits Sue Gray meeting was suggested by Downing Street

Boris Johnson's Number 10 staff suggested the meeting, a spokesperson said

THE secretive meeting between the Prime Minister and senior civil servant Sue Gray was first suggested by No 10 officials, Downing Street has admitted.

Treasury minister Simon Clarke had insisted on Monday that it was the senior civil servant who “instigated” the meeting in the weeks leading up to her widely anticipated report into lockdown breaches in Downing Street.