The Metropolitan Police has opened investigations into potential COVID-19 breaches at two gatherings during the pandemic involving Conservative Party personnel. The force said on Tuesday that new evidence has prompted officers to reopen its probe into a Christmas party held at the Conservative Campaign Headquarters in London on Dec. 14, 2020. The Met said it…

Partygate investigator Sue Gray broke civil service rules “as a result of the undeclared contact” between her and the Labour Party, a Cabinet Office investigation has found. Gray—who led an investigation into allegations of parties being held in Downing Street in breach of the COVID-19 lockdown rules—accepted a job offer from Labour leader Sir Keir…

Partygate investigator Sue Gray can start working as chief of staff of the Labour Party from September, six months after resigning from the civil service, Whitehall’s appointments watchdog has said. Gray—who led an investigation into allegations of parties being held in Downing Street in breach of the COVID-19 lockdown rules—accepted a job offer from Labour…

Allies of Boris Johnson have been criticised for putting “improper pressure” on the parliamentary committee investigating the Partygate scandal. The House of Commons Privileges Committee came under attack from the former prime minister and his allies earlier this month when it ruled that Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over illegal parties held in Downing Street during…

MPs have voted to back a Parliamentary report that found former Prime Minister Boris Johnson committed “repeated contempts” of Parliament. The Privileges Committee’s report, published last week, said Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over illegal parties held in Downing Street during COVID-19 lockdowns. It also found the former prime minister guilty of attempting to undermine the…

Footage has emerged appearing to show Conservative Party staff dancing and mocking COVID-19 rules at a Christmas party held in the party’s headquarters during the height of the pandemic. In the video, obtained by the Mirror, staff members are seen enjoying festivities wearing paper crowns and clutching alcoholic drinks, while a man and woman hold…

Conservative MPs have been divided on a parliamentary committee’s criticisms of Boris Johnson’s conduct and its recommended punishments for the former prime minister. The House of Commons will vote on Monday on the Privileges Committee’s report, which recommended that Johnson should have faced a 90-day suspension had he not already resigned in advance of its…

No. 10 Downing Street was an “oasis of normality” where COVID-19 rules went ignored while staff were warned to watch out for cameras outside, an official told MPs investigating the Partygate scandal. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson repeatedly told the House of Commons that lockdown rules had been “followed at all times” in Downing Street….

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson committed “repeated contempts” of Parliament that merited a 90-day suspension, a cross-party committee of MPs has concluded. In its final report on the Partygate scandal, published on Thursday, the House of Commons Privileges Committee said, “If Mr. Johnson were still a member he should be suspended from the service of…

Boris Johnson has intensified his attacks on the Parliamentary committee investigating the Partygate scandal, which is to announce in the coming days its verdict on whether the former prime minister lied to MPs about lockdown parties in Downing Street. The House of Commons Privileges Committee, led by Labour MP Harriet Harman but has a Conservative…