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Government to try delaying vote on inquiry into whether PM lied to Parliament

The Government will attempt to delay a vote on a probe into whether Boris Johnson misled Parliament over partygate, after the PM suggested the scandal matters little to voters. Mr Johnson will be on an official trip to India when a Labour-led motion ...

21 Apr 2022 at 01:55

PM claims partygate scandal matters little to voters

Boris Johnson has suggested the partygate scandal matters little to voters and vowed to fight the next election no matter how many times he is fined for breaching Covid laws. The Prime Minister will be on an official trip to India when a Labour-led ...

20 Apr 2022 at 23:25

Government drops attempt to delay decision on Johnson partygate investigation

Boris Johnson is set to face a parliamentary inquiry into whether he lied to MPs over the partygate scandal after the Government abandoned efforts to delay a decision on the issue. The Prime Minister insisted he welcomed any scrutiny of his ...

21 Apr 2022 at 13:25

Tory peer: Boris Johnson said foreign secretary job like being in ‘steel condom’

Former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has said Boris Johnson described his time as foreign secretary as like being “imprisoned in a steel condom”. Mr Johnson became foreign secretary in 2016 and resigned in 2018 over Theresa ...

09 Aug 2022 at 03:51

No 10 ‘will assist’ inquiry into whether Boris Johnson lied to MPs

Downing Street has signalled that it remains committed to assisting a parliamentary inquiry into whether Boris Johnson lied to MPs over lockdown parties in No 10. Leading allies of the Prime Minister have attacked the investigation by ...

08 Aug 2022 at 14:35

Boris Johnson still faces major challenges despite confidence vote victory

The Prime Minister’s victory in Monday’s confidence vote does not mean the end of Boris Johnson’s problems. While Conservative Party rules mean he is safe from a confidence vote for another year, Mr Johnson still faces a daunting ...

06 Jun 2022 at 22:08

Privileges Committee chairman confirms when he will step aside to allow PM probe

The chairman of the House of Commons Privileges Committee has confirmed when he will stand down to allow an inquiry to go ahead into whether the Prime Minister lied to Parliament over partygate. Labour MP Chris Bryant said in a ...

27 May 2022 at 13:38

Johnson corrects record over partygate but denies deliberately lying to MPs

Boris Johnson has denied lying to MPs over the partygate scandal but admitted it was not correct when he told Parliament that the rules had been followed at all times. The Prime Minister claimed to have been “vindicated” by ...

25 May 2022 at 15:16

Backing Boris Johnson for prime minister again is ‘retrograde’, Greg Hands says

Backing Boris Johnson for prime minister again would be a “retrograde” step because he cannot form an effective government, trade minister Greg Hands has said. It was not the partygate scandal which forced Mr Johnson to ...

22 Oct 2022 at 18:24

MPs dismiss claims inquiry into Boris Johnson is ‘unfair’ and ‘flawed’

MPs investigating whether Boris Johnson misled Parliament over lockdown parties in Downing Street have rejected a claim that their procedures are “unfair” and “fundamentally flawed”. A legal opinion commissioned by the ...

26 Sept 2022 at 11:36

Messages show how No 10 struggled to explain Covid parties within rules

Officials in No 10 struggled to explain how lockdown gatherings in Downing Street complied with the Covid restrictions in place at the time, according to newly released internal messages. The Commons Privileges ...

03 Mar 2023 at 14:16

Johnson: Anyone who thinks I lied about lockdown parties is ‘out of their mind’

Boris Johnson has accused anyone who suspects he deliberately covered up lockdown parties in No 10 of being “out of their mind”. The former prime minister said the claim was “strictly for the birds”, despite ...

01 Feb 2023 at 11:18

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