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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Tom Ambrose (now) and Andrew Sparrow (earlier)

Rishi Sunak breaks silence with ‘unreserved apology’; Boris Johnson says he has paid Partygate fine – as it happened

That’s it from a busy night in Westminster. Thanks for following along and do join us again tomorrow for Prime Minister’s Questions and, inevitably, more on those Partygate penalties.

It’s goodnight from me, Tom Ambrose. It seems appropriate to finish the blog tonight on this compilation of denials from the prime minister, following today’s confirmation that he and his chancellor, Rishi Sunak, did break their own laws during lockdown.

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The Labour leader, Keir Starmer, has said Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak “have to go”, calling them “guilty men” after the two were given fixed-penalty notices over parties held in Downing Street when government rules forbade gatherings during the Covid lockdown.

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