The Latest Breaking News from Partygate

Partygate v Mandelson: Keir Starmer faces attack from his own playbook

Some familiar, arcane terms are returning to the fore as the Tories study the tactics Labour used against Boris Johnson

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25

Boris Johnson had dinner in lockdown with peer funding flat refit, files suggest

Apparent meeting with David Brownlow is one of several potential further lockdown breaches revealed in Boris Files

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2025

Charity watchdog’s five-year fight for the truth about Aspinall Foundation

The Charity Commission’s decision to send in troubleshooters to the wildlife group puts its controversial boss Damian Aspinall under great pressure. The charity, which hired Boris Johnson’s wife Carrie in 2021, has faced persistent allegations of misusing its funds. Simon Walters explains the long-running saga – and what the Charity…

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2025

Boris Johnson regrets not sacking ‘homicidal robot’ Dominic Cummings over Barnard Castle debacle

Boris Johnson had a blazing row with one of his closest former advisers over not sacking Cummings over alleged lockdown breaches and claims after that things got ‘weirder’

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2024

Voices: Tory downfall: The 9 reasons it has all gone wrong for Rishi Sunak

A series of world events, poor decisions and fatal gaffes conspired to see Rishi Sunak lead the Tories to the worst electoral defeat in his party’s 346-year history

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024

Leadership matters, it’s time to improve the football governance bill

Jason Stockwood, Grimsby’s vice-chair, hopes to raise a national issue with Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer at a live debate in Grimsby on Wednesday

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2024

Starmer acts to protect women who blow whistle on sex-pest bosses

Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s former wife Marina Wheeler is to be Labour’s ‘whistleblower tsar’

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2023

Watchdog criticises payment of Boris Johnson’s £265,000 Partygate legal bill

NAO says Cabinet Office failed to follow proper processes when taxpayers’ money was used to fund legal bills

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2023

Penny Mordaunt urges end to ‘sorry affair’ as MPs approve partygate committee report

Allies of Boris Johnson were criticised by the Privileges Committee over their response to the Partygate report

Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2023

Bitter clash over 7 Boris Johnson allies who could be punished over Partygate probe

On Monday the Commons will be presented with a bombshell report which names seven MPs - including former cabinet members Ms Dorries, Sir Jacob as well as Dame Priti Patel - who applied "pressure" to MPs involved in the probe into the ex-PM

Daily Mirror · Jul 7, 2023