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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Michael Savage Policy Editor

Partygate inquiry homes in on Abba evening at Boris Johnson’s flat

The ‘Abba party’ took place in the private flat at No 11 Downing Street of Boris and Carrie Johnson.
The ‘Abba party’ took place in the private flat at No 11 Downing Street of Boris and Carrie Johnson. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

The inquiry into whether Boris Johnson misled MPs over rule-breaking parties in Downing Street is homing in on a gathering in his private flat, the Observer understands.

Follow-up exchanges with witnesses working with the inquiry are now taking place as the privileges committee, led by Labour grandee Harriet Harman, works its way through a huge tranche of evidence handed to it by the government at the end of last year.

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