Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been referred to police by the Cabinet Office after his ministerial diary reportedly revealed visits by friends to Chequers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Cabinet Office has passed its concerns to the Metropolitan Police and Thames Valley Police, according to The Times of London.
The trips by friends to the Chequers country residence and new allegations about Johnson’s behaviour in Downing Street were highlighted during the preparation for a public inquiry into the pandemic.
The inquiry is being led by the Privileges Committee that is examining whether Johnson may have misled Parliament in statements that he made in the Commons about alleged breaches of lockdown rules in Downing Street….