Sue Gray: Last News

Boris Johnson is facing increasing hostility from his own MPs, with Tory whips said to be discussing how to fight back if rebels trigger an all-important confidence vote.

Boris Johnson faces fresh demands to “come clean” about parties in Downing Street after reports emerged that the Prime Minister’s wife, Carrie Johnson, may now have had two lockdown parties in family flat above No 10.

Boris Johnson has been accused of "corruption" after watering down the ministerial code and blocking his ethics adviser the power to probe him.

A Tory MP has resigned as a ministerial aide after saying he was "shocked and angered" by the behaviour described in the Sue Gray report.

A Perthshire-based Conservative MSP has stood by her belief Boris Johnson should resign over Partygate.

Rishi Sunak has insisted that he did not time handing out £21bn-worth of cost-of-living support to deflect from Partygate. The Chancellor announced the new package of support yesterday (Thursday), just one day after Sue Gray's highly anticipated report on Downing Street's lockdown parties was published.

Andy Burnham has described the Sue Gray report as 'shocking' and 'shameful'. The Greater Manchester mayor gave his reaction to the senior civil servant's report into gatherings held in government buildings during Covid lockdowns.

Cannes film festival. For the star-studded event on Wednesday, the ex-wife of the late King of Rock 'n' Roll, 77, looked exceptional as she posed for photos on the red carpet with one hand on her hip. The mother-of-two wore her fiery red tresses in a sleek side ponytail and minimal accessorizes apart from a black leather shoulder bag.

A Tory minister said he is "too busy" to speak on Good Morning Britain today - a day after Sue Gray's report into lockdown breaking parties was published.

Rishi Sunak could announce a cut of £400 on energy bills for every home under a new cost of living support plan, according to reports. The Chancellor is set to announce a new package of support today (Thursday) in the Commons, which is likely to include a discount on energy bills funded by windfall tax on oil and gas giants.

Naga Munchetty apologised to her guest today after she was forced to interrupt him due to the incoming Sue Gray Report.The civil servant’s careful investigation of the partygate scandal was released today, providing findings that Naga labelled “damning”.Naga, 47, was speaking to her guests on BBC Radio 5 live today when she had to suddenly interrupt proceedings, thanks to the release of Sue Gray’s long-awaited report.The BBC presenter was speaking to the Financial Times Political Editor George Park and The New Statesman’s Rachel Cunliffe about the Partygate scandal.Turning to George, she began to discuss the security of Tory seats in certain constituencies.She made reference to Tiverton, where disgraced Neil Parish was formerly MP before he was found to be watching poronography in the House of Commons.Naga asked George how crucial this was, to which he responded: “Well, I think that will be seen as a really crucial event.“I mean Tiverton is my hometown, actually, so I know it quite well. It’s a rock solid Tory seat - has been all my lifetime.

Boris Johnson has twice refused to deny that he asked Sue Gray not to publish her controversial partygate report as he vowed not to resign.

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross has performed another partygate u-turn by claiming Boris Johnson will have to quit after the war is over in Ukraine.

Boris Johnson has dismissed calls to resign after a damning report found there had been a culture of Covid rule breaking in Downing Street during lockdown.

COVID lockdowns.Gray’s long-awaited 37-page report, which includes nine photographs featuring Prime Minister Boris Johnson, was published this morning (May 25) and can be read in full here.“Whatever the initial intent, what took place at many of these gatherings and the way in which they developed was not in line with COVID guidance at the time,” the report says.“Even allowing for the extraordinary pressures officials and advisers were under, the factual findings of this report illustrate some attitudes and behaviours inconsistent with that guidance.”Gray concluded in her report that “a number of these gatherings should not have been allowed to take place or to develop in the way that they did”, and said that “there is significant learning to be drawn from these events which must be addressed immediately across Government”.In a statement given to the House of Commons this afternoon, Johnson said that he “takes full responsibility for everything that happened on my watch” and that proposals for “change and reform” of Downing Street are being implemented.“It is clear from what Sue Gray had to say that some of these gatherings went on for far longer than was necessary and they clearly fell in breach of the rules,” he told MPs, before saying that he had “no knowledge” of proceedings until the report as “I simply wasn’t there”.In response to Johnson’s statement, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said that Gray’s report “lays bare the rot that under this prime minister has spread in Number 10, and it provides definitive proof of how those within the building treated the sacrifices of the British people with utter contempt”.Michael Kill, the NTIA’s CEO, has issued a response on the findings of the Gray report, saying that the

Boris Johnson has said he is sorry for his role in partygate and claimed he has been humbled by the scandal.

Boris Johnson "must bear responsibility" for the culture of Covid rule breaking in Downing Street during lockdown, a scathing report by top civil servant Sue Gray has concluded. Her report, published this morning, found that "failures of leadership and judgment in Number 10 and the Cabinet Office" resulted in regular gatherings that were "not in line with Covid guidance at the time".

Families of those bereaved by Covid have reacted with anger to the publication of the Sue Gray report, joining demands that Tory MPs depose Boris Johnson.

Rail passengers the length and breadth of the UK face a summer of major disruption after workers voted for the biggest strike more than 25 years. As the Manchester Evening News reported last night, members of the RMT union backed industrial action over pay, conditions, 2,500 Network Rail maintenance job cuts and reforms that the union claims will lead to a wave of ticket office closures.

Sue Gray has provided her final report into lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street and Whitehall to the Prime Minister, a Cabinet spokesperson has confirmed. The long-awaited report is understood to be 37 pages long and also has nine photos, including pictures of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case.

Boris Johnson drinking at an event during a Covid lockdown.