Boris Johnson will face another grilling from MPs today at Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons.
The prime minister is coming under increasing pressure to address allegations around numerous parties held at Downing Street during the pandemic, many of which allegedly took place while the country was under strict lockdown measures.
Mr Johnson has so far insisted that the right thing to do is wait for the outcome of an inquiry being led by senior civil servant Sue Gray.
Members of his own party are increasingly turning against the prime minister and a total of six Tory MPs have publically called for his resignation
PMQs takes place at midday every Wednesday when the Commons is sitting.
It is broadcast on the BBC News channel and streamed live on parliamentlive.tv here.
At last week's PMQs the prime minister publicly admitted to attending a gathering on May 20 in 2020, which he says he believed was a 'work event'.
Millions of people tuned in to watch as the PM delivered the apology, with ITV making the rare decision to broadcast the clip live on This Morning.
Mr Johnson apologised for attending the garden party, where people had been invited to 'bring their own booze', and said there were "things that we simply did not get right".
Sir Keir Starmer's questioning was met with repeated suggestions that MPs wait for the results of the inquiry before making judgements.
The day after PMQs, the prime minister disappeared from the public eye when he cancelled a planned visit after a family member tested positive for coronavirus.
He also failed to make a public appearance on Friday (January 14) when No 10 was forced to apologise to Buckingham Palace over reports that two parties had been held the night before Prince Philip's funeral in April last year.
On Monday, Mr Johnson attended a visit at a hospital in north London, where he was again interrogated over the allegations, including some that emerged following his appearance in the Commons.
The prime minister insisted that nobody warned him the “bring your own booze” event he attended in the No 10 garden would be against the rules.
He denied an allegation by former chief adviser Dominic Cummings that he intentionally misled MPs after being told the event would breach coronavirus guidance.
Mr Johnson also revealed that he has testified to the Whitehall inquiry that “nobody told me that what we were doing was against the rules” to the “best of my recollection”.
Asked if he had lied to Parliament over the parties, Mr Johnson said: “No. I want to begin by repeating my apologies to everybody for the misjudgments that I’ve made, that we may have made in No 10 and beyond, whether in Downing Street or throughout the pandemic.
“Nobody told me that what we were doing was against the rules, that the event in question was something that… was not a work event, and as I said in the House of Commons when I went out into that garden I thought that I was attending a work event.”
Mr Johnson said he “can’t imagine why on Earth it would have gone ahead, or why it would’ve been allowed to go ahead” if he had been told it was anything but a “work event”.
“I do humbly apologise to people for misjudgments that were made but that is the very, very best of my recollection about this event,” he said.
“That’s what I’ve said to the inquiry.
“I carry full responsibility for what took place but nobody told me. I’m absolutely categorical, nobody said to me this is an event that is against the rules.”
Mr Johnson declined to say whether he would resign if it was proved he did intentionally mislead Parliament.
He pleaded for patience ahead of Ms Gray delivering the verdict of her partygate inquiry, which is not expected until the end of this week at the earliest.
