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Rachael Burford

Partygate: Met Police preparing ‘more comprehensive’ explanation of why Johnson was fined for just one event

Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a gathering in 10 Downing Street in November 2020

(Picture: PA Media)

The Met is preparing a “more comprehensive” explanation about why it decided to fine the Prime Minister for just one of the eight lockdown events he attended in Downing Street.

After details of more than a dozen boozy parties were revealed in Sue Gray’s damning report, Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper wrote to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) calling for them to examine Scotland Yard’s inquiry into parties in No10 and Whitehall.

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