Partygate: Boris Johnson faces 'despot' charge over cover-up claims
The Sunday Times claims that up to 30 people had been contacted by Ms Gray telling them she intended to name them, but only 15 people were named in the final report.
However, a Cabinet Office spokesperson denied the newspaper claims, saying:"We did not change the report in terms of substantive content. The key point that we would say about anything [that suggests] previous copy was substantively edited - it was never shared with Number 10 in advance." Labour, meanwhile, has committed to using an opposition day in the Commons to debate ministerial standards after Mr Johnson amended the ministerial code so ministers would not always have to resign for breaching it.is behaving like a tinpot despot and is trampling all over the principles of public life.
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