Police in London are to investigate claims of parties in the Prime Minister’s Downing Street flat during lockdown.
The update provided by Sue Gray revealed that officers from the Met are investigating all but four of the 16 events she has uncovered in her investigation.
In her report she confirmed that the police are investigating all but four of the events, leaving the Prime Minister under investigation for multiple breaches of his own covid laws
Of the 12 alleged gatherings of 16 being investigated by the Met one is said to have taken place in Johnson’s flat, one he attended in the garden, and one which was to celebrate his birthday.
Gray wrote that the Metropolitan Police has confirmed "that as a result of information provided by the Cabinet Office investigation team, as well as assessments made by Metropolitan Police officers" they are investigating 12 of the 16 lockdown events for breaches of the law.
The exceptions are of the gatherings in the Downing St Garden on May 15th 2020, the online Christmas quiz at Downing Street, a Christmas event at the Department of Education and a leaving event on December 15 for a special adviser.
But the focus will now come on the alleged gathering on November 13th 2020 at the Prime Minister’s flat which he shares with his wife Carrie and their young family.
Here is a list of the events being investigated by Sue Gray:
• 15 May 2020; a photograph showing a number of groups in the garden of No 10 Downing Street;
• 20 May 2020: a gathering in the garden of No 10 Downing Street for No 10 staff
• 18 June 2020: a gathering in the Cabinet Office, 70 Whitehall on the departure of a No 10 private secretary;
• 19 June 2020: a gathering in the Cabinet room in No 10 Downing Street on the Prime Minister’s birthday;
• 13 November 2020: a gathering in the No 10 Downing Street flat and a gathering in No 10 Downing Street on the departure of a special adviser
• 27 November 2020: a gathering in No 10 Downing Street on the departure of a special adviser;
• 10 December 2020: a gathering in the Department for Education ahead of the Christmas break;
• 15 December 2020: a gathering in No 10 Downing Street for an online Christmas quiz;
• 17 December 2020: a gathering in Cabinet Office, 70 Whitehall to hold an online Christmas quiz for the Cabinet Secretary’s private office and a gathering in Cabinet Office, 70 Whitehall on the departure of a senior Cabinet Office official. Also a gathering in No 10 Downing Street on the departure of a No 10 official;
• 18 December 2020: a gathering in No 10 Downing Street ahead of the Christmas break;
• 14 January 2021; a gathering in No 10 Downing Street on the departure of two No 10 private secretaries;
• 16 April 2021; A gathering in No 10 Downing Street on the departure of a senior No 10 official; A gathering in No 10 Downing Street on the departure of another No 10 official.
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