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Labour MP Angela Eagle told MPs of mounting speculation which suggested Steve Barclay had read the Sue Gray report before it was officially published. Ms Eagle laid out plans to table a question to find out if he 'successfully edited' the report.

The parties were a ‘deliberate attempt to flout and manipulate rules’, says the Sydney Morning Herald

The British government unveiled a multibillion-pound package Thursday to ease a severe cost-of-living squeeze, announcing the plan a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed to “move on” from a months-long scandal over parties in government buildings during COVID-19 lockdowns.

Outstanding issues include event in Downing Street flat and Boris Johnson’s seeming lack of awareness

David Simmonds and John Baron added their names to a growing list of dissatisfied Tory MPs.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce new measures a day after Sue Gray’s damning report

In today’s newsletter: When limiting the harm of the Partygate scandal is the government’s number one priority, what does that mean for how the country is run?

On December 1, 2021, we published our splash with the headline 'Boris party broke Covid rules' and the subhead 'No 10 hosted boozy bash while millions endured strict lockdown'

Former minister Tobias Ellwood and backbencher Julian Sturdy described partygate as a ‘distraction’ during a challenging time for the country

The updated rules have been confirmed one year after an independent report into Islamophobia ruled that an anti-Muslim sentiment "remains a problem" within the Conservative party.

By the time I visited at the end of January, staff at Royal Oldham could barely walk such was the exhaustion.