Downing Street parties inquiry: has Sue Gray seen ‘smoking gun’ evidence?

Pivotal week for Boris Johnson as he awaits findings of lockdown breaches investigation

A police officer at the door of No. 10 Downing Street
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Boris Johnson and his team face a tense wait for the publication of Sue Gray’s inquiry into alleged parties in Downing Street during lockdown.

“Everyone at the top of government is on tenterhooks,” said Toby Helm in The Observer, as the findings of the investigation threaten to have “seismic effects on many, many careers”.

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