Boris Johnson will escape a fresh police investigation over claims of lockdown rule-breaking at No10 and Chequers.
The disgraced ex-PM was reported to police after entries in his ministerial diaries revealed 16 more gatherings could have broken the rules, including visits from friends to his grace and favour country house between June 2020 and May 2021.
The Cabinet Office, who made the referral to officers, discovered the alleged breaches at Downing Street and the 16th Century retreat in Buckinghamshire as they sifted through material in preparation for the Covid-19 public inquiry.
