By PM set for commons fight ahead of Sue Gray report
Boris Johnson is set to face a very tense PM’s Questions this afternoon in the House of Commons as the country awaits the results from Sue Gray’s investigation into the Downing Steet parties.
The report, which is set to be unvailed later on today, will reveal whether or not the multiple parties held at Number 10 during the national lockdowns broke Covid rules.
The PM will no doubt face furious question from the Opposition, especially Labour Leader Keir Starmer, after it emerged this week that the PM had a birthday celebration at Downing Street in June 2020.
The Met Police has also announced its own investigation, heaping more pressure on the prime minister.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has urged a “change in culture” in No 10.
She told BBC Breakfast there were “clearly concerning reports” over parties and it was important to “fix the issues”, adding: “But that shouldn’t diminish the fantastic work that has been done under this government and this prime minister.”
Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said on Tuesday that the force was looking into potential breaches of Covid laws at a number of events in government buildings since 2020.
Such investigations were carried out in cases of the “most serious and flagrant breach” of regulations, or when it was considered those involved “ought to have known that what they were doing was an offence”, she added.
Mr Johnson twill once again face mounting pressure from the Opposition to resign as Prime Minister as the allegations stack up against him.
He has repeatedly asked the public and other MPs to wait until the results of Sue Gray’s report before coming to a judgement on the allegations.
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