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A scathing report has revealed how No10 staff sought to hide booze-fuelled parties with one saying: “We seem to have got away with” it.

Sue Gray's report into Downing Street Partygate has been sent to Boris Johnson today - but the civil servant used to be the one pulling the pints during her days as a landlady in Northern Ireland

The UK’s most senior civil servant was brought back into government to help deal with the Covid pandemic.

No 10 insiders given time to read printed copies of report, before it is published at approximately 11am

Measures could be announced as soon as Thursday as households face price cap rise of more than £800

Downing Street has refused to issue details of what happened at the secret meeting between Boris Johnson and the civil servant investigating the lockdown parties.

The prime minister put to Sue Gray, who is making a report on partygate and alleged breaches of Covid lockdown rules, whether there was "much point" in it being published, it is claimed

The Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency, has called for the 'rapid return' of civil servants to their offices in Whitehall now that Covid-19restrictions have ended

You never want to be the one who has to find a meeting room in Whitehall. There are never any going spare and, at least in my experience, the Cabinet Office (1916-2022) block books them all months in advance so you end up discussing the Northern Ireland Executive’s draft budget…

The crunch partygate report is expected to drop this week

The Prime Minister is facing pressure to ‘urgently explain’ why the talks took place.