Partygate: Publish PM's wife's texts over No 10 'event', says Labour

Partygate: Publish PM's wife's texts over No 10 'event', says Labour

May 30, 2022 by BBC

Key Facts

  • Image source, EPA Image caption, Carrie and Boris Johnson were fined last month for breaking Covid rules Labour has called for text messages sent by Boris Johnson's wife about a potentially rule-breaking event in the Downing Street flat to be published.
  • A spokesperson for Mrs Johnson said senior civil servant Sue Gray had been aware of the text exchanges while carrying out her inquiry into Downing Street parties.
  • Mr and Mrs Johnson, as well as Chancellor Rishi Sunak, were fined by police last month for breaking Covid rules when they attended a brief 56th birthday celebration for the prime minister in Downing Street's Cabinet Room on the afternoon of 19 June 2020.
  • Image source, PA Media Image caption, Angela Rayner demanded to know the whereabouts of the PM on 19 June 2020 Asked about the Sunday Times story, a No 10 spokesman said Ms Gray had made clear that she would look at allegations where "credible" claims existed that the rules had been breached.

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