The Latest Breaking News from Jimmy Savile

Boris Johnson's main political rival accused the British Prime Minister on Tuesday of "dragging everybody into the gutter" for repeating in parliament a false claim that he had failed to prosecute one of Britain's most notorious sex offenders.

The Labour leader said Tory MPs were disgusted at the Prime Minister repeating the false accusation in the House of Commons.

Downing Street had earlier refused to commit to disclosing the names of those who might be fined over lockdown parties

Labour's leader slammed the PM on ITV's Good Morning Britain for tarring him with an 'untrue slur' about the notorious paedophile in the wake of the Sue Gray report

Prime minister reaches for false claim while on the ropes over lockdown rule-breaking

Boris Johnson controversially brought up Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer's 'failure to prosecute' Jimmy Savile while the PM was facing pressure in the House of Commons following Sue Gray's report

The Prime Minister was asked in the Commons this evening if there was a culture of 'excessive drug-taking', to which he replied: 'Any drug-taking would be excessive perhaps he should direct that question to the Labour frontbench'

The incident happened yesterday evening at the busy entertainmentvenue in Camelon.

The prime minister reached for the false claim while on the ropes over lockdown rule breaking