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Metropolitan Police launch criminal investigation into Downing Street parties

Scotland Yard on Tuesday announced a criminal investigation into gatherings in Downing Street, throwing Boris Johnson’s leadership into fresh crisis.

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson and guests would have faced £100 fines if police busted party, says top expert

Boris Johnson and at least some ten other people at a birthday party for him in No10 during lockdown would have been hit with £100 fines if police had busted the event, a leading expert claimed on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

When does work from home guidance end in the UK?

Boris Johnson repeals social restrictions for England as threat from Omicron variant wanes

The Independent UK

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What is ‘plan A’, when is it returning and what Covid rules have changed?

Prime minister Boris Johnson hails return to ‘plan A’ in statement to MPs

The Independent UK

Covid mask rules: What are they now and when do they change

Requirement to wear coverings in certain spaces set to be lifted

The Independent UK

GMB's Susanna Reid grills Grant Shapps on following Covid rules when 'PM doesn't'

Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid to ask the Transport Secretary why the British public should follow the guidance after new allegations surfaced that officials gathered for Boris Johnson's birthday bash in June 2020

Daily Mirror

Cressida Dick says Met Police will now investigate Downing Street parties held during lockdown

‘I can confirm the Met is now investigating a number of events that took place at Downing Street and Whitehall in the last two years’

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Scotland Yard launches investigation into ‘parties’ in Downing Street

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said a ‘number of events’ are being investigated.

The Independent UK

Met Police now investigating Downing Street parties

No 10 has conceded staff “gathered briefly” in the Cabinet Room on the afternoon of June 19 2020

Wales Online

What were the lockdown rules at the time of Boris Johnson’s birthday in 2020?

Indoor gatherings remained banned unless they were ‘reasonably necessary’ for ‘work purposes’.

The Independent UK

Downing Street parties: Sue Gray report could come this week as police signal no objection – as it happened

Latest updates: prime minister welcomes Met police investigation into allegations of lockdown rule-breaking

The Guardian - UK

Will the UK go into another lockdown in 2022?

Omicron variant of coronavirus led to huge spike in cases over New Year but has since subsided, prompting Boris Johnson to drop social restrictions

The Independent UK

Grant Shapps says interior designer Lulu Lytle was NOT invited to PM's 'birthday party' and only 'happened to come by' the gathering

The Prime Minister was reportedly treated to a birthday bash at Number 10 in June 2020 while the majority of the country remained under Covid restrictions

Manchester Evening News

Latest Russia-Ukraine updates: US says Putin may face sanctions

Russia-Ukraine tensions news from January 25: Biden says NATO has ‘no intention’ of sending forces to Ukraine.

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Manchester Evening News

Boris Johnson praised young girl for not having a birthday party during lockdown... just weeks before having one himself

Reports allege that the Prime Minister had his own birthday party after praising a young girl for missing her birthday party

The Independent UK

Surprise birthday celebration for PM ‘almost certainly very unwise’ – Shapps

Grant Shapps said staff would have thought they were being ‘kind’ by presenting Boris Johnson with a birthday cake.

Wales Online

Boris Johnson's letter to seven-year-old girl telling her we've all got to do our bit and miss birthday parties

The Prime Minister is facing a furious after revelations of a party for his birthday during the first lockdown

Daily Mirror

Grant Shapps defends Boris Johnson's lockdown birthday gathering as 'not a party'

Tory Grant Shapps put forward some excuses for Boris Johnson who is embroiled in yet another row over pandemic parties

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Wales Online

Mark Drakeford reacts to Boris Johnson birthday party reports with 'despair and disgust'

Boris Johnson faces fresh outrage over reports he had a birthday party in Downing Street during the 2020 lockdown

Chronicle Live

Piers Morgan shares Boris Johnson birthday letter that hasn't aged well after party reports

Piers Morgan took to Twitter to share a letter from Boris Johnson praising someone for not having a birthday party

The Guardian - UK

Cake and singing on PM’s birthday was not a party, says Grant Shapps

Transport secretary says Sue Gray will be using incident in her report, and ‘we’ll wait to see what she says’

Bristol Post

Boris Johnson tweet has not aged well following latest party allegations

"Josephine sets a great example to us all"

Daily Record

Boris Johnson 'stuck two fingers up at the rest of us' with Downing Street parties, claims Ian Blackford

The embattled Prime Minister is waiting on the publication this week of a report into partygate which could pile more pressure on him to resign.

Manchester Evening News

The full list of Number 10's 'lockdown-breaking parties'... as it gets even longer

There have been 15 gatherings reported so far

The Independent UK

When is Sue Gray’s report due? Everything we know so far

Investigation by senior civil servant to set out the facts of what happened at Downing Street lockdown gatherings, at some of which staff drank alcohol, ate food and listened to music

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