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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar and Aubrey Allegretti

Boris Johnson faces fight for political future at Partygate hearing

Boris Johnson leaving his home on Tuesday.
In his 52-page written evidence, Johnson said that he would ‘never have dreamed’ of intentionally misleading the Commons. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

Boris Johnson faces a battle for his political future on Wednesday after a dossier setting out his defence to the Partygate scandal raised fresh questions about his knowledge of what was happening in Downing Street during the Covid lockdowns.

Giving evidence before the cross-party privileges committee, Johnson will insist he misled the House of Commons unintentionally and that his assurances to MPs that Covid rules had been followed had been made in “good faith”.

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