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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Noah Vickers

Met Police boss grilled over ‘jingle and mingle’ Partygate probe - as Shaun Bailey sits in silence nearby

Met Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley faced a grilling at City Hall on Wednesday over the so-called ‘Shaun Bailey for London Holiday Party’ - while Mr Bailey sat in silence.

The Met announced on Tuesday it was reopening its investigation into potential Covid lockdown breaches at the 2020 event, after video footage emerged showing Tory staffers - reportedly part of Mr Bailey’s mayoral campaign team - dancing and joking about “bending the rules”.

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