Lawyers have described the findings of Sue Gray’s interim inquiry into allegations of lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street as “damning” and “brutal”.
A report produced by the senior civil servant catalogued a series of “failures of leadership and judgment” within No 10 and the Cabinet Office while England was under coronavirus restrictions in 2020 and 2021.
But she was unable to provide meaningful findings because the police were now investigating at least 12 gatherings linked to government properties in Downing Street and Whitehall.
