Downing Street accused of trying to ‘dilute’ Sue Gray’s Partygate report

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Senior civil servants allegedly urged Gray to omit names and some details of Covid rule-breaking

Sources told the Sunday Times there were also demands to change how so-called ‘Abba party’ was reported.Sources told the Sunday Times there were also demands to change how so-called ‘Abba party’ was reported.Downing Street officials have been accused of attempting to dilute Sue Gray’s report into the Partygate scandal, with demands to anonymise staff who broke coronavirus rules and to change how the so-called “Abba party” was reported.

. An earlier draft referring to music being played and stating at what time it finished was allegedly tweaked by Steve Barclay, Johnson’s chief of staff.The Cabinet Office rejected claims that the report was edited due to pressure or that any events were not investigated because of requests made by senior figures.

The findings detailed how each event unfolded including a leaving party on 18 June 2020 at which “one individual was sick” and “there was a minor altercation between two other individuals”. Johnson issued an apology to MPs for the culture that developed in Downing Street during the pandemic on Wednesday, saying he took “full responsibility”.

 

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