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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aubrey Allegretti

Partygate: Labour urges inquiry into alleged second event at No 10 hosted by Carrie Johnson

Boris and Carrie Johnson
Carrie Johnson may have hosted another event for the prime minister during lockdown. Photograph: Michael Mayhew/Allstar

Labour has called for an investigation into leaked text messages suggesting there was a second gathering in Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat during lockdown, held by his wife, Carrie, on his birthday.

The emergence of new evidence of an event hosted on 19 June 2020, which was not mentioned in the Partygate report by Sue Gray, sparked accusations of a cover-up and calls for No 10 to “come clean”.

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