The Latest Breaking News from Sue Gray

Boris Johnson makes last-ditch bid to discredit Partygate inquiry

Ex-prime minister due at televised Commons committee hearing, with legal team about to publish new evidence backing his claims

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2023

Boris Johnson could finally face his 'Waterloo' in Partygate grilling over ABBA bash

Members of the Commons Privileges Committee are expected to ask him for details of one party that Sue Gray’s probe didn’t investigate - the so-called “ABBA party” on November 13 2020

Daily Mirror · Mar 18, 2023

Boris Johnson may be only witness called in Partygate investigation

Privileges committee rebuffs lawyer’s request to give evidence alongside former prime minister

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2023

Digested week: you can never go far wrong thinking the worst of Boris

This week, Rishi the rightwing populist, a knighthood foretold, and a human gesture from sad Spurs

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2023

Sue Gray quitting to work for Keir Starmer does cause problems for the civil service – it's also a sign she thinks he's heading for government

The last few years of drama at Westminster have set the bar pretty high for shock and surprise, but the sudden departure from government of Sue Gray, second permanent secretary to the Cabinet Office, and her proposed appointment as chief of staff to the leader of the Labour Party really…

The Conversation · Mar 9, 2023

Tainted blood scandal campaigners feel 'excluded' from Government meeting, amid fears Sue Gray exit could add to delays

The Government continues to come under fire for the time it has taken to respond in full to a key contaminated blood scandal report about compensation.

Chronicle Live · Mar 9, 2023

Simon Case: how the ‘killjoy’ cabinet secretary threw his ex-boss Boris Johnson under the bus

The UK’s most senior civil servant, 44, has denied that anyone gave Johnson reassurances that the Covid rules were followed during Partygate — so what does this mean for his career? Katie Strick reports

Evening Standard · Mar 8, 2023

Boris Johnson to face MPs over partygate – but what is 'misleading parliament' and why is it so serious?

In the UK, misleading parliament is a serious offence. The clearest rules around making inaccurate statements to parliament come from outside of the institution itself. They come from the ministerial code (which applies to ministers) and the Seven Principles of Public Life (which applies to all those in public office).

The Conversation · Mar 8, 2023

PM dodges questions over integrity of Sue Gray partygate probe amid Labour move

Rishi Sunak said the Cabinet Office was ‘reviewing the circumstances of her departure’ and would not comment further.

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2023

Keir Starmer would drop cabinet secretary Simon Case – Labour sources

Labour leader seen as likely to appoint new head of civil service on becoming PM after Partygate and leaked WhatsApps

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2023