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Tell us about the birthday celebrations you missed during the first UK lockdown

Boris Johnson during a visit to Milton Keynes University Hospital on 24 January 2022.
Boris Johnson during a visit to Milton Keynes University Hospital on 24 January 2022. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images

In another party allegation, No 10 has admitted that Carrie Johnson held a party for the prime minister and up to 30 staff on 19 June 2020 as part of a surprise lockdown birthday party.

At the time, Covid rules banned indoor social gatherings and outdoor ones were limited to groups of six.

We would like to know what your birthday celebrations were like during the first lockdown in 2020. Did you or members of your family miss a significant one? How did you celebrate it within the restrictions at the time?

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