Sue Gray reportedly wishes to name civil servants accused of Covid rule-breaking in her long-awaited report into the Partygate scandal.
As complaints emerged that the public remained “in the dark” about who was actually involved in the No 10 parties after the Metropolitan Police concluded its investigation, the BBC reported that Ms Gray’s desire to name individuals could delay her own report, which was expected as early as next week.
Downing Street officials who received fines for attending the same lockdown parties as Boris Johnsonreacted with fury after the prime minister escaped further sanctions while some junior staff amassed as many as five fines, with some legal experts questioning the “inconsistency” of the fines.
“It’s a joke,” one No 10 source told The Independent, saying that the prime minister had “told people to ‘let their hair down’ and enjoy their drinks which they’d earned for ‘beating back the virus’”.
Speaking of Mr Johnson’s handling of the saga, they added: “He’s a man of little or no integrity.”
