Watch live as a parliamentary inquiry has concluded that Boris Johnson knowingly misled parliament multiple times with his statements about parties in Downing Street that breached COVID rules. Read more:
since last June, after an investigation by police and then senior civil servant Sue Gray confirmed a series of gatherings had taken place in Downing Street during lockdowns.
"The contempt was all the more serious because it was committed by the prime minister, the most senior member of the government. "But for the privileges committee to use its prerogatives in this anti-democratic way, to bring about what is intended to be the final knife-thrust in a protracted political assassination - that is beneath contempt."In coming to its conclusion, the MPs did not find Mr Johnson's defence that no one had advised him the gatherings were against the rules as credible.
"We also note that Mr Johnson made repeated statements to the House and the public highlighting the responsibility of everyone in the UK to understand and follow the COVID measures in place."- where he was seen toasting colleagues to mark the departure of communications chief Lee Cain - was"absolutely essential for work purposes".
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