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Aletha Adu & Rachel Sloper

Boris Johnson had birthday party in Downing Street during Covid lockdown of 2020, says report

Reports have emerged that Boris Johnson had a birthday party during the first lockdown in 2020, at a time when indoor gatherings were banned.

The Prime Minister is alleged to have celebrated his 56th birthday on June 19, 2020, with up to 30 people including the interior designer who decorated his Number 11 flat Lulu Lytle in the same year, ITV news reports. His wife Carrie Johnson and Ms Lytle are said to have presented Mr Johnson with a cake, as Carrie led staff to sing a chorus of Happy Birthday.

Members of the public were not allowed to mix indoors at the time, according to Mirror Online. Days earlier, Mr Johnson asked the public "to continue to show restraint and respect the rules which are designed to keep us all safe".

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