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Tory fury as Partygate investigator Sue Gray made Keir Starmer’s chief of staff

Labour leader ‘delighted’ – but Tories cry ‘stitch up’ as top civil servant who led inquiry quits government

The Independent UK

Sue Gray: Civil servant who led Partygate probe to become Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff

Sue Gray resigned as Second Permanent Secretary on Thursday afternoon

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer 'considers top job for Partygate's Sue Gray' - but PM could block move

The Labour leader is reportedly mulling hiring the top official who authored a report into lockdown-busting parties in No10 during Boris Johnson's Government as his chief-of-staff.

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Boris Johnson allies furious as Keir Starmer hires Sue Gray as chief of staff

Friends of former PM say appointment calls into question parliamentary inquiry into whether Johnson misled MPs

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer considers appointing Sue Gray as Labour chief of staff

Senior civil servant led Partygate inquiry in Boris Johnson government

The Independent UK

Legal bid to challenge Met's probe into partygate scandal fails

CAMPAIGNERS have failed to bring a High Court challenge against the Metropolitan Police over its investigation into the Partygate scandal.

The National (Scotland)

Anger as legal challenge over Partygate police probe into Boris Johnson thrown out

Campaigners had called for a judicial review into the Met Police decision not to send the shamed former PM a questionnaire over Partygate gatherings in November and December 2020 - even though others present were fined

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Campaigners lose bid to bring High Court challenge against Met over ‘Partygate’

The Good Law Project and Lord Paddick were refused permission to bring a challenge against the force over its investigation into Number 10 parties.

The Independent UK

First stage of ‘partygate’ challenge against Met Police to be heard at High Court

The Good Law Project and Lord Paddick will ask Mr Justice Swift to grant permission for a judicial review of the Met’s handling of the investigation

Evening Standard

High Court to hear first stage of ‘partygate’ challenge against Met Police

The Good Law Project and Lord Paddick will ask Mr Justice Swift to grant permission for a judicial review of the Met’s handling of the investigation.

The Independent UK

Partygate inquiry homes in on Abba evening at Boris Johnson’s flat

Witnesses tell of lockdown gathering with alcohol, food and loud music at private apartment above 11 Downing Street

The Guardian - UK

Tories, ask yourselves: how is closed-door squabbling at No 10 going to save the United Kingdom?

With Nicola Sturgeon gone, there will be new focus on the independence debate. But the government’s mechanism to respond is a shambles, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

The Guardian - UK

Met Police urged to reopen Partygate investigation after new claims

Letter to Met chief follows allegations that Downing Street staff shredded evidence of rule-breaking

The Independent UK

The stench coming from this government? It’s the corrupt mixture of private wealth and public squalor

Johnson, Sunak, Sharp and Zahawi operate in a gilded realm, while the services that keep Britain running are hobbled and broken, says the Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson may get more taxpayers’ money for Partygate defence

Senior civil servant admits budget of £220,000 for ex-PM to defend claims he misled parliament could rise

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson staff ‘had sex at No 10 lockdown party’

One couple said to have emerged from dark room ‘flustered’ at party on eve of Philip’s funeral

Daily Mirror

'Sex at Downing Street party' as 'flustered' canoodlers spotted 'feeling each other up'

Fresh allegations have emerged about a party the night before Prince Philip's funeral in April 2021 - when stringent lockdown rules still applied to social gatherings in England

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s biggest scandals: From unlawfully closing parliament to Covid lockdown fine

The former PM was arguably the architect of his own downfall

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The Independent UK

Johnson ‘joked he was at the most unsocially distanced party in UK’ during Covid - OLD

Boris Johnson allegedly made the comment at a wine-fuelled party in No 10 while prime minister.

Daily Mirror

Bombshell claims Boris Johnson boasted No10 party was 'most unsocially distanced in UK'

'Everyone was laughing' as the ex-Prime Minister made the joke at a Friday night leaving bash during a national lockdown, a source said. He later claimed all rules were followed

The Independent UK

Partygate: Boris Johnson joked No 10 party was ‘most unsocially distanced in UK’

Shredded documents and couples ‘getting it on’ before Philip’s funeral among new claims

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson joked about being at the ‘most unsocially distanced party in UK’, report claims

The former prime minister allegedly made the remark at a leaving do held during the Covid pandemic

Manchester Evening News

The year of three prime ministers - how Britain went from Boris to budget bedlam then back to billionaire Rishi

A look back at a turbulent year in UK politics

The National (Scotland)

The nine most notable Westminster moments of 2022

IT would be an understatement to say it's been a rocky year in and around the House of Commons as Number 10 turned into a revolving door.

Daily Mirror

Inside UK politics' most unreal year yet - from Partygate to Liz Truss disaster

Four Chancellors, three Prime Ministers, two monarchs - and your mortgages went pear-shaped. And that's without the tractor porn. Here's our review of the year for 2022 - Britain really did have a large one

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