Boris Johnson leaving Downing Street last week. Image: Alamy Stock Photo Boris Johnson leaving Downing Street last week. Image: Alamy Stock Photo THE METROPOLITAN POLICE will now investigate parties held in Downing Street while the UK was under lockdown, the head of the force has said.
“What I can tell you this morning is that as a result of the information provided by the Cabinet Office inquiry team and, secondly, my officers’ own assessment, I can confirm that the Met is now investigating a number of events that took place at Downing Street and Whitehall in the last two years in relation to potential breaches of Covid-19 regulations.”
Dick said “several other events” that appeared to have taken place in Downing Street and Whitehall had also been assessed, but they were not thought to have reached the threshold for criminal investigation. Downing Street has refuted the accounted and said staff only “gathered briefly” in the Cabinet Room after a meeting.
Wow that was Quick what made them change their minds?
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