The Latest Breaking News from Downing Street

No10 denies PM suggested Sue Gray drop report - but won't publish notes of secret meeting

The prime minister put to Sue Gray, who is making a report on partygate and alleged breaches of Covid lockdown rules, whether there was "much point" in it being published, it is claimed

Daily Mirror · May 24, 2022

It's last orders for boozy Boris Johnson and the bell should now be ringing

Record View says Boris Johnson’s Downing Street was nothing more than a boozy shebeen in the middle of Whitehall.

Daily Record · May 24, 2022

Tory MP Desmond Swayne says boozy gathering 'was a leaving do' and 'not a crime'

Conservative MP Desmond Swayne backed his boss by insisting Downing Street get-together 'wasn't a party' and he 'committed no crime'

Daily Mirror · May 24, 2022

When is the Sue Gray report due and what could it mean for Boris Johnson?

Analysis: Key questions answered about report into Downing Street lockdown breach claims

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2022

UK report into Downing Street lockdown parties "not very far off" - PM Johnson

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a report by a senior civil servant into COVID-19 lockdown rule breaches in his Downing Street offices was due to be published soon, and rejected criticism the inquiry was not independent.

Reuters · May 23, 2022

What was missing from Sue Gray’s ‘update’ on the Partygate scandal?

Civil servant wrote in January that she was ‘extremely limited in what I can say’ because of Metropolitan Police investigation, which has since concluded, freeing her full report for release

The Independent UK · May 23, 2022

Sue Gray partygate report latest - when it will be published and what's in it

The report comes after a police inquiry into Downing Street gatherings saw 83 people being issued with fines for breaking Covid rules

Manchester Evening News · May 23, 2022

Sue Gray report: All you need to know as top official set to release Partygate findings

Boris Johnson is braced for the publication of Sue Gray's long-awaited Partygate report this week after the Metropolitan Police finished their inquiry

Daily Mirror · May 22, 2022

‘She has been horribly isolated’: friends say Sue Gray was deliberately ostracised while investigating Partygate

The senior civil servant was given little support in her massive task, but the result could be crucial in determining Boris Johnson’s fate

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2022

Johnson faces final verdict on ‘partygate’ as threat recedes

Boris Johnson is bracing for a final day of scrutiny over the illegal parties in Downing Street during the pandemic, a scandal that dogged his administration for months and almost ended his political career.

Tribune News Service · May 21, 2022