Met Police under fire over intervention on partygate inquiry Tory MPs and legal experts have criticised Scotland Yard for calling for only ‘minimal reference’ to events subject to its investigation. The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022
Sue Gray report: Police fear details could hinder investigation by revealing evidence to suspects Making evidence against suspects public risks ‘giving them the thinking time to provide an explanation’, barrister says The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022
Digested week: peaceful pre-Gray limbo shattered by ‘happy birthday’ Loyal Tory apologists told us Boris Johnson was ‘ambushed with cake’ and hadn’t robbed a bank The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2022
Corruption experts warn Boris Johnson’s government is worst since WWII Researchers say failure of integrity at No 10 could have serious long-term consequences for UK The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022
Lord Frost says ‘no way back’ for Boris Johnson if he misled parliament ‘Future of government needs to be settled in next few days’, says ex-Brexit minister The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022
What next as Sue Gray report unlikely to be published in full any time soon There are two remaining options for the Partygate investigation - and neither of them are good Wales Online · Jan 28, 2022
When is the Sue Gray report due? What happens now after Met Police bombshell The release date of the Sue Gray report on Downing Street parties has been thrown into chaos after the Met Police asked for key details to be cut - and it could do a big favour to Boris Johnson Daily Mirror · Jan 28, 2022
Theresa May 'angry' over Downing Street parties and warns 'nobody above the law' The Tory former PM said 'full accountability must follow' if lockdown rules were broken at events in No 10 and Whitehall Daily Mirror · Jan 28, 2022
Partygate: What does Sue Gray do now the Met Police have intervened? The Whitehall inquisitor has two realistic options now that Scotland Yard has told her to make ‘minimal reference’ to potentially criminal elements. The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022
Keir Starmer: Government is ‘paralysed by partygate and criminal investigation’ The Labour leader said he wants the Sue Gray report published as soon as possible with ‘no redactions, no edits, no bits left out’. The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022
No 10 denies involvement in police decision on partygate report Warnings of ‘profound damage’ from perception of ‘establishment stitch-up’ The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022
Lorraine Kelly responds to comedian Joe Lycett's fake Sue Gray report The ITV presenter couldn't help laughing at Lycett's joke as the whole country eagerly awaits the findings from Sue Gray's report. Daily Record · Jan 28, 2022
Nicola Sturgeon says wrangling over Sue Gray report is 'getting murkier by the minute' The Scottish First Minister said the process row between the Met Police and the Cabinet Office over which details of the partygate report should be published was creating a 'suspicion' that events were helping the Prime Minister. Daily Record · Jan 28, 2022
Evening Standard Comment: Sue Gray report farce means ‘partygate’ scandal won’t go away A stay of execution or death by a thousand cuts? In a statement released this morning, the Metropolitan Police has asked that “minimal reference” to allegedly lockdown-busting parties in Downing Street be made in the Sue Gray report. Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2022
Daily Mirror · Jan 28, 2022 Fears Sue Gray report will be a 'whitewash' - as lawyers question Met Police decision The Downing Street 'partygate' probe has been thrown into chaos after Scotland Yard told Sue Gray to make 'minimal reference' to events it is investigating in her report
Daily Record · Jan 28, 2022 Fears of Sue Gray 'whitewash' as Met Police ask for details of Downing Street parties to be removed There has been a furious reaction to a request by Scotland Yard that the Sue Gray report on Downing St makes 'minimal reference' to events it is belatedly investigating.
Chronicle Live · Jan 28, 2022 Sue Gray report to be stripped of party allegation details that Scotland Yard is investigating The Metropolitan Police's request could lead to the anticipated report into alleged Downing Street parties being delayed
Wales Online · Jan 28, 2022 Sue Gray report may not be published during police probe The investigator is now deciding whether to censor parts of the report or delay it completely
The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022 Lawyers question how publishing partygate report could prejudice police probe Scotland Yard has asked for Sue Gray’s inquiry to only make ‘minimal reference’ to the events it is investigating.
Manchester Evening News · Jan 28, 2022 'It stinks of a cover up': Anger over Met Police's request in Sue Gray's Downing Street parties report "A purely factual report by Sue Gray cannot possibly prejudice a police investigation."
Liverpool Echo · Jan 28, 2022 Met Police demand Sue Gray's report has 'minimal reference' to Downing Street parties The report was expected this week
The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2022 Downing Street parties: No 10 denies talking to Met police about Gray report and what could be published – as it happened Downing Street spokesperson ‘not aware’ of any conversations with the Met over publication of Sue Gray report
The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022 As Johnson waits, UK police seek cuts to 'partygate' report British police say they want parts of a key report into lockdown-breaching government parties to remain unpublished until they finish a criminal investigation
The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022 Boris Johnson ‘wobbling’ on plans to raise National Insurance as No 10 awaits Sue Gray report Boris Johnson’s wait for the findings of an official inquiry into alleged lockdown-busting parties in No 10 and Whitehall rolls into another day.
Daily Record · Jan 28, 2022 Met Police ask Sue Gray to make minimal reference to No10 parties it is investigating The request from Scotland Yard casts further doubt on when the Sue Gray report will be published and what details it will contain.