Sue Gray's scathing report into Covid lockdown parties today declared Boris Johnson must "bear responsibility" over brazen No10 gatherings - eight of which he attended.
A long-awaited inquiry - packed with private WhatsApp messages and nine photos - ruled junior officials felt "permitted" to attend rule-breaking events that "should not have been allowed to happen" because "senior leaders" took part.
After claims No10 security were mocked for questioning the bashes, Whitehall investigator Ms Gray added: "I found that some staff had witnessed or been subjected to behaviours at work which they had felt concerned about but at times felt unable to raise properly.
