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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

Partygate: Keir Starmer suggests Boris Johnson lied to Parliament - 'why is he still here?'

Keir Starmer today effectively accused Boris Johnson of lying to Parliament over Partygate, declaring: "Why is he still here?"

The Labour leader lashed out at a fractious PMQs after Mr Johnson told MPs on December 1 that "all guidance was followed completely in No10" - only for police to issue 20 fines for lockdown breaches yesterday.

Labour's leader could not directly accuse the Prime Minister of lying - something Mr Johnson has denied - under Commons rules, but effectively did so by careful wording.

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