The Latest Breaking News from No 10

What is Beergate and why does it matter?

Keir Starmer having a beer and takeaway has potentially become a resigning matter after reopening of investigation

The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2022

Timeline of partygate allegations as Keir Starmer probed over beergate

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak previously apologised after being fined over a party held in June 2020 to mark the PM’s 56th birthday

Evening Standard · May 6, 2022

Boris Johnson abandons hopes of sending first asylum-seekers to Rwanda within ‘weeks’

No 10 admits it will now be ‘months’ before any refugees crossing Channel are deported – potentially after peak summer season

The Independent UK · May 3, 2022

Sue Gray report to be completed by end of May at earliest, sources say

Senior civil servant expected to be critical of Boris Johnson when findings about Westminster lockdown parties are published

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2022

PM to urge Cabinet to find ‘innovative’ solutions to cost-of-living crisis

Boris Johnson wants ministers to use creative means to ease the growing pressure on household finances

Wales Online · Apr 26, 2022

Boris Johnson in limbo over BYOB party fine as police 'haven't asked him questions yet'

Boris Johnson has been battling to shore up support among jittery Tory MPs plotting to oust him after the local elections and the publication of the full Sue Gray report

Daily Mirror · Apr 25, 2022

Security chief denies consulting No 10 over Afghanistan charity evacuation

Sir Stephen Lovegrove tells MPs he cannot recall with whom he checked that Nowzad staff were eligible for help

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2022

Photos of Downing Street parties may never be published

Senior civil servant’s report will be checked for privacy breaches before publication, says No 10

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

Johnson backs Rees-Mogg over ‘Dickensian’ Whitehall return-to-office push

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries criticised Jacob Rees-Mogg’s drive to get civil servants back to their desks but No 10 backed him.

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

Contents of Sue Gray's report 'could threaten Boris Johnson's premiership'

Backbenchers have reportedly prepared no-confidence letters to be sent en masse

Manchester Evening News · Apr 25, 2022