Boris Johnson has tonight received a legally-binding questionnaire from police investigating allegations of lockdown-breaching parties inside No 10.
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The Met Police says it has received new evidence from the Cabinet Office as part of its investigation into possible breaches of Covid regulations in Downing Street.
The force is looking at "a number of events" in Downing Street and Whitehall during the pandemic.
Scotland Yard has asked Sue Gray to make "minimal references" to the parties she is investigating in her report to avoid prejudicing its inquiry.
However, officers said they had not delayed the publication of the report.
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The force has not specified which events it is investigating but reports have suggested it could be as many as eight gatherings, according to The Mirror.
At the same time, Sue Gray's report had been expected this week but the timing has been thrown into chaos by the Met's bombshell announcement of a police probe on Tuesday.
The Whitehall inquiry is understood to be still ongoing but Ms Gray may be forced to decide whether to delay her report or strip out key details.
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Commander Catherine Roper, who leads the Met’s Central Specialist Crime Command, said officers would examine the new evidence 'to establish whether individuals attending the events in question may have breached the regulations'.
She added: "They will do so without fear or favour following our normal processes.
“In order to protect the integrity of the police investigation, as is appropriate in any case, and to be as fair as possible to those
Boris Johnson has tonight received a legally-binding questionnaire from police investigating allegations of lockdown-breaching parties inside No 10.
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The Mirror.Despite that, prosecutor Nathan Paine-Davey saidthat her offence was enough to charge her for being involved in holding the gathering.At the time the country was just days into a lockdown which prevented any sort of mass gatherings indoor and out.The prosecutor said: “This relates to November 7 and 8. The defendant has been charged with an offence against the public protection coronavirus restrictions regulations which were in force on November 5, 2020.”Eric Kawoya, defending, said Innerarity had been asked by two friends named if they could borrow her sound equipment.He told the court his client did not know the equipment would be used for a party.Mr Kawoya added: “She packed them in the car and drove to the venue.
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