The Metropolitan Police is being urged to “explain” why Boris Johnson has not been fined for a No 10 event during England’s second lockdown, as a leaked photograph showed him raising a glass to a departing colleague.
Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, who said he had “assiduously stayed well away” from the Scotland Yard investigation, said it was now important for the force provide “clarity” on their conclusions.
The PM is also facing claims that he suggested to Sue Gray she should drop plans to publish her long-awaited report into the Partygate scandal during a “secret meeting” last month.
The incendiary allegation comes just hours after the publication of leaked photographs showing the prime minister drinking wine with No 10 staff in the depths of England’s second Covid lockdown.
