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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Heather Stewart Political editor

Staff at No 10 parties believed they were ‘work events’, says Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson holds a press conference after publication of the Sue Gray report.
Boris Johnson holds a press conference after publication of the Sue Gray report. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Boris Johnson has claimed Downing Street aides attending a string of boozy lockdown parties “genuinely believed that what they were doing was working”.

Sue Gray published her final report on Wednesday into the lockdown culture at Downing Street, detailing 15 gatherings, some of which went on into the early hours, and involved vomiting, an “altercation” and a karaoke machine.

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