Boris Johnson completes Partygate questionnaire and hands it to police

Boris Johnson has completed his partygate questionnaire and handed it back to police, No 10 have confirmed.

The Prime Minister is believed to have attended up to six gatherings that are being looked into by police inquiry into parties thrown by the government during lockdown.

It has been reported he has hired his own personal lawyers to help with answering the questions.

In an extraordinary turn of events, Scotland Yard is investigating the Prime Minister over breaking his own Covid rules.

They are looking into 12 rule-breaking events which could lead to fines of up to £10,000 to anyone who attended.

This means Britain could see itself in the entirely unprecedented situation where it's elected leader is slapped with a massive £10,000 fine for partying as the rest of the country obeyed Covid rules.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street (PA)

The Prime Minister was due to submit his formal questionnaire to the Metropolitan Police by the end of Friday, who have contacted more than 50 people about rule-breaking gatherings.

Police received 500 documents and 300 photos for their inquiry - but No10 have asked for the pictures not to be published.

It has been reported that one picture shows Johnson with a drink in hand.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Finchley Memorial Hospital in North London (Getty Images)

Some events Mr Johnson attended in person are not being probed by detectives, including a gathering in the Downing Street garden with cheese and wine in May 2020.

The Daily Mirror exposed the first illegal party thrown, and since a long string of lockdown-breaking events have been uncovered despite early assurances from the PM in parliament that no such events took place.

Johnson also denied lying to parliament.

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The events being investigated include a Bring Your own Booze event on May 20, 2020; a gathering for Boris Johnson's birthday party; a leaving bash for former Mirror chicken turned No.10 spin doctor Lee Cain, and a flat party too.

Despite originally refusing to investigate the reports of illegal parties, as they had not retrospectively investigated other such events, the Met later changed their mind.

When they did decide to investigate, it meant civil servant Sue Gray's report on 'partygate' was published heavily redacted.