The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

A seemingly endless cycle of scandals has come to define Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister. This has peaked in recent months with the revelations about lockdown parties in Downing Street and Johnson being fined by police for his attendance.

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle granted Sir Keir Starmer the opportunity to table a motion for a debate and vote over the partygate row.

The Prime Minister has been fined by police despite giving assurances that Covid regulations were followed in No 10.

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The Commons will hold a vote this Thursday on whether to refer Boris Johnson to the Privileges Committee, which can investigate whether he was in contempt of Parliament over Partygate

Sir Keir Starmer said he wants the PM to "apologise and then excuse himself"

The Prime Minister is due to apologise in front of Parliament later today for breaking the law

In the Commons this afternoon, the Prime Minister needs a symphonic mixture of apology, distraction and defiance to slough off his troubles. The Big Sorry however comes with many tangled strings attached. Labour and the Lib Dems are seeking to extract a parliamentary vote on the matter — adding another…

The Labour leader got is retaliation in early saying he expected the Prime Minister to forgive himself over partygate and for Tory MPs to 'defend the indefensible'.

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