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Politics
Christopher McKeon

Partygate scandal was ‘overblown’, says Badenoch

Boris Johnson received a fine during the Partygate scandal (Cabinet Office) - (PA Media)

Partygate was “overblown” and the Government should not have fined people for “everyday activities” during lockdown, the new Conservative leader has said.

In her first media appearance since winning the Tory leadership, Kemi Badenoch was challenged over what went wrong under her predecessors after promising to be “honest” about where the Conservatives had made mistakes.

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