PM Sheds Little Light On Claims Of No 10 Parties

Boris Johnson has rejected claims that Covid rules were broken at two Downing Street drinks parties last year.

- Macer Hall

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer yesterday quizzed the Prime Minister over reports about gatherings held in Number 10 in November and December 2020 when lockdown orders were in place.

Reports claim the Prime Minister gave a speech at a packed leaving do for an aide in November, then his staff held an unofficial festive party the following month.

But Mr Johnson, who turned on the Downing Street Christmas lights last night to mark the countdown to the big day, repeatedly insisted that no coronavirus rules had been broken.