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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Boris Johnson says it's 'my duty' to attend No10 parties and Sue Gray report 'news to me'

Boris Johnson has said it was his "duty" to attend lockdown leaving drinks and claimed most of the Partygate rule-breaking in Sue Gray's report was "news to me".

The Prime Minister said he was "humbled" by the scandal and renewed his apology for attending his surprise birthday do in June 2020, for which he received a fine from the Metropolitan Police.

But he tried to wriggle out of censure for broader rule-breaking by claiming he didn't know about what was going on at many events in No10 and Whitehall.

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