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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason

Met police face legal challenge over Partygate investigation

Boris Johnson raising glass
Boris Johnson and Downing Street staff at a leaving party for a colleague in November 2020. Some of those present were fined over the gathering, but the prime minister was not. Photograph: Sue Gray Report/Cabinet Office/PA

The Metropolitan police are facing a legal challenge over accusations that they failed to fully investigate Boris Johnson’s presence at lawbreaking parties during the Covid lockdown.

The judicial review is being brought by the Good Law Project, which has a history of challenging the government’s decision-making in the courts, and Brian Paddick, a Liberal Democrat peer and former senior police officer.

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