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Boris Johnson denies telling Sue Gray to conceal partygate report

DOWNING Street denies that Boris Johnson pressurised Sue Gray to drop her reportedly damning report on partygate.

The National (Scotland)

No 10 denies Johnson sought to block release of ‘partygate’ report

Senior civil servant Sue Gray is preparing to release the findings of her inquiry into lockdown violations in Whitehall.

The Independent UK

Five questions after ‘Partygate’ images of Boris Johnson emerge

Photos of PM at leaving event raise fresh questions about what he knew, and the subsequent investigations

The Guardian - UK

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Inside 'wine time' Partygate photo of Boris Johnson - from groaning booze table to red box

Leaked images show Boris Johnson appearing to raise a toast, with eight people standing close together and a nearby table cluttered with booze and snacks

Daily Mirror

Partygate: Sadiq Khan urges Met Police to ‘explain’ why Boris Johnson wasn’t fined over leaving event

London mayor has written to Met commissioner to seek ‘detailed explanation’

The Independent UK

Susanna Reid shuts down Grant Shapps after minister attempts to draw partygate and beergate comparison

The Transport Secretary was sent out by the government to defend Boris Johnson after pictures emerged of him drinking at a leaving do in Number 10 in November 2020 during the second covid lockdown.

Daily Record

ITV GMB viewers spot awkward moment as Susanna Reid contradicts Richard Madeley

Susanna said: "They're not the messages I'm reading, Richard."

Liverpool Echo

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GMB viewers beg for show to 'get rid' of Richard Madeley over Partygate comments

Good Morning Britain viewers have begged ITV to 'get rid' of presenter Richard Madeley over the comments he made about Partygate during the show today

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson 'didn't know he was at a party', Tory minister claims

BORIS Johnson didn’t realise he was at a lockdown-breaking party when he raised a glass to a room full of people surrounded by bottles of alcohol,…

The National (Scotland)

GMB's Susanna Reid in fiery clash with Tory MP over new Boris Johnson party photo

Conservative MP Grant Shapps appeared on ITV's Good Morning Britain this morning, as he attempted to defend Boris Johnson over the latest picture that has surfaced of him holding a glass up

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson would throw ‘entire team under bus’ to survive Partygate, No 10 official says, amid claims over lockdown events – as it happened

Latest updates: insiders express fury to BBC that Boris Johnson escaped fine for events junior staff were penalised for attending

The Guardian - UK

Partygate: No 10 denies Boris Johnson asked Sue Gray to ditch report

PM’s spokesperson unable to say firmly whether Johnson may have wondered aloud whether publication should go ahead

The Guardian - UK

Sue Gray report expected Wednesday when Boris Johnson faces PMQs and angry MPs

Calls for Prime Minister to go after pictures of him raising a glass at leaving do emerge

Wales Online

Johnson does not believe he was partying at drink-filled leaving do, Shapps says

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said he was ‘angry’ to see the images but the Prime Minister was probably not fined because he left ‘pretty quick’.

The Independent UK

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Daily Mirror

Grant Shapps says 'not partying' Boris Johnson 'lost his mum' - but she died a year later

Cabinet Partygate ally Grant Shapps said Boris Johnson was "clearly not partying" when he raised a glass of fizz and pointed out "he lost his mum during the period", despite the fact she died 10 months after the party

The Independent UK

Partygate: Boris Johnson ‘suggested Sue Gray shouldn’t publish report’ at secret meeting

Grant Shapps says he is unaware ‘exactly what was discussed’ between PM and senior civil servant

Manchester Evening News

Grant Shapps says Boris Johnson 'did not think he was at a party' after new photos emerge

“I don’t think the fact of the pictures, us seeing them for the first time, changes what the police and Sue Gray already know" said Mr Shapps

Daily Record

Boris Johnson 'didn't think he was at party' in new pictures showing him 'raising a glass' at leaving do

Pictures released on Monday showed the Prime Minister at a party in Downing Street in November 2020, during the second covid lockdown.

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Daily Mirror

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

Wales Online

Famine caused by invasion could cause more deaths than war, says minister

"It’s hard to overestimate how much Ukraine was and is the breadbasket of the world.”

Manchester Evening News

London's £19bn Elizabeth line opens today - but where's the Crossrail for the North?

'Boris is now saying we need a Crossrail 2, and yeah, we probably do but that will be another £30bn. Where’s that money and why isn’t it being spent in Manchester and Leeds?'

Daily Record

Disaster charity brought in to rescue lorry drivers stuck in post-Brexit queues

RE:ACT Disaster Response has agreed a £180,000 six-month contract to ease stuck truckers’ torturous waits to board ferries and Eurotunnel shuttles.

The Guardian - UK

Unions vow to fight ministers’ proposals to curtail right to strike on railways

Faced with threat of national action, government says it will consider imposing ‘minimum service levels’

Daily Mirror

Unions warn of 'summer of discontent' as Tories threaten tougher laws to prevent strikes

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said that ministers are looking at drawing up laws which would make industrial action illegal unless a certain number of staff are working ahead of looming rail strikes

Evening Standard

West End tells ministers promising crackdown on rogue pedicabs and rickshaws: ‘Get on with it!’

Ministers announced in the Queen’s Speech that they would enable the licensing of London pedicabs as part of a new Transport Bill

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