But, anyway, Kwarteng echoed his colleagues in saying they need to let the investigation continue, before reeling off a list of Conservative priorities ahead of the next election - which he predicted will take place in two years.

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The fact is, that at a time when people were not allowed to attend the funeral of their loved ones or comfort their dying relatives, when fines were being issued for people meeting for a coffee in the park, Downing Street should not have been holding social events of any sort. Possibly, but not likely. The commission rarely passes on cases to the police. In theory, a court could find that there has been “intentional concealment”, which would prompt the involvement of Scotland Yard. Douglas Ross, the Scottish Tory leader, has “regretfully” called for Boris Johnson to quit as prime minister after he admitted attending a rule-breaking party in the garden of 10 Downing Street.

They will be moving into the property with their two young children – Wilf, two, and eight-month-old Romy.The culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, said Johnson had been “right to personally apologise” because people were “hurt and angry at what happened”. She said it was now right to await the findings of senior civil servant Sue Gray’s inquiry into Downing Street gatherings. The findings could come as soon as the end of next week but more likely the week after, a cabinet source suggested. Ruth Davidson, the former Scottish Conservative leader, has said that Douglas Ross, the current one, was right to call for Boris Johnson’s resignation. That is not a prediction other ministers have been making. Even Johnson himself, at PMQs, responded to the many calls for his resignation by saying that he wanted to await the findings of the Sue Gray inquiry, not by saying that he intended to stay on regardless. On that note, I am done for the day, but my colleague Tom Ambrose is taking over to keep you updated with the latest developments. Saying the No 10 garden was at the time routinely used as “an extension of the office”, Johnson argued that he had believed the event was a work gathering, and that the event “could be said, technically, to fall within the guidance”.

The spokesman declined to say whether it was Johnson’s wife, Carrie, or one of the couple’s two young children who had tested positive, saying only that it was an immediate family member with whom the PM lived.If the commission proves that any of these transactions are connected to political activities, they are then considered to be registrable donations or loans and should have been publicly declared. Published: 12:56 PM Top Boris Johnson aide says there was 'chaos' in Downing Street during Covid response – video The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has seized upon a leaked message from Priti Patel urging other Tory MPs in a WhatsApp group to get behind Boris Johnson. According to i, the Johnsons are planning on moving to a five-bedroom house on the outskirts of Dulwich Village near Herne Hill.