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Boris Johnson committed a “serious contempt” of Parliament and repeatedly misled UK lawmakers about rule-breaking parties in Downing Street during the pandemic, according to a long-awaited probe which despite its largely unsurprising findings still shocked with the severity of its indictment of the former prime minister.

Long-awaited report concludes Johnson lied to MPs on an ‘unprecedented’ scale

Ex-PM claims MP on committee should resign hours before release of damning report into Partygate lies

The former PM is being investigated over whether he told the truth about parties held at Downing Street during lockdown.

A UK parliamentary committee is concluding its inquiry into whether former Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled lawmakers over parties at his Downing Street office that breached Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.

In the fog of the Tory civil war it’s good to know how we got here, writes Sean O’Grady

A U.K. parliamentary committee is meeting to conclude its inquiry into whether former Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled lawmakers over parties at his Downing Street office that breached COVID-19 lockdown restrictions

The three Tories shortlisted to become the party’s London mayoral candidate were in Downing Street on Monday morning as activists expressed surprise at the decision to omit Minister for London Paul Scully from the run-off.

His era in power was marked by squalor and self-promotion. In the end, he proved himself afraid of parliament – and democracy, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins