Staff were urged to leave 10 Downing Street 'through the back' by a senior official on the night Boris Johnson hosted a quiz last Christmas in apparent breach of lockdown rules.
The Mirror reports on emails seen by the paper which showed organisers had planned days in advance for some staff to enjoy the quiz in person, from the office.
It was revealed on Sunday that the Prime Minister had helped host the quiz - and that some staff had spent the evening huddling and conferring around their office computers rather than dialling in from home.
Staff allegedly knocked back champagne and beer with some staying at Number 10 for hours after the quiz finished at 9.30pm.London was then under Tier 2 regulations banning any social mixing between
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