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Evening Standard
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Sophie Wingate

Boris Johnson drags Rishi Sunak into partygate hearing on ‘misleading Parliament’ claims

Boris Johnson has dragged Rishi Sunak into his partygate hearing by suggesting that if it should have been obvious to him that lockdown rules were being broken in No 10, it should also have been apparent to “the current Prime Minister”.

Mr Sunak’s predecessor in No 10 was on the defensive as he was grilled by MPs on Wednesday over whether he misled the Commons with his denials about pandemic-era parties.

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