MPs will get to vote for or against launching an investigation into whether Boris Johnson lied to Parliament today. The prime minister is facing the prospect of an official parliamentary investigation into claims he lied to MPs about Downing Street parties during the coronavirus lockdowns.
Mr Johnson has already received and paid a fine from the Met Police as the force investigates 12 gatherings, of which the prime minister is understood to have attended at least six. Mr Johnson's wife and chancellor Rishi Sunak were also fined over the event, a surprise party for the prime minister that took place in the Cabinet Room in June 2020.
On Tuesday, the Speaker of the House of Commons granted a request from Sir Keir Starmer and other senior MPs for a vote on whether the prime minister had misled Parliament by previously telling MPs that coronavirus rules had been followed throughout the pandemic in Downing Street. According to the ministerial code, anyone in government found to have knowingly misled MPs in Parliament is expected to resign.
