The 'partygate' report by senior Whitehall official Sue Gray could be handed to Number 10 as soon as today, it has been reported.
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg told BBC Radio 4's Today that the handing over of the report could happen today.
She told the programme: "I'm told this morning the Sue Gray report could come today, but then again, it might not. We should have some clarity on that a bit later on."
And she later tweeted: "There have been a lot of last minute changes in this whole process so it’s subject to moving around again but, as things stand it does seem like report will go to Number 10 later this morning."
Asked on BBC Breakfast whether the inquiry into alleged lockdown-busting parties in Downing Street could be “imminent”, Simon Clarke, the chief secretary to the Treasury, said: “I believe it will be soon.
“The precise timing of all of this is a matter for Sue Gray.
“It is a completely independent process and I do not know precisely when she will bring that report forward.”
Elements of the report could be redacted due to a Metropolitan Police investigation into alleged lockdown-busting parties at Downing Street.
The Metropolitan Police asked Ms Gray, a senior civil servant, to make only “minimal reference” to No 10 events which are subject to a criminal investigation, buying more time for Prime minister Boris Johnson as he faces a threat to his leadership.
Earlier this week Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick confirmed that officers were investigating “potential breaches of Covid-19 regulations” at events held at Downing Street and in Whitehall in 2020.
