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Partygate: Sajid Javid takes swipe at top Tories as ministers admit law was broken

Scotland Yard revealed on Tuesday that 20 fixed penalty notices would be handed to people who attended law-breaking gatherings during the pandemic

Daily Mirror

Any Carrie fine over Partygate should be made public, says Keir Starmer

Downing Street say that only fines for PM or civil service boss will be revealed

The Independent UK

‘Facts not in dispute’ over whether fines mean laws were broken – No 10

Downing Street said the Prime Minister’s ‘position’ prevented him from commenting until the partygate investigation is over.

The Independent UK

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PM's wife Carrie Johnson 'should be named' if fined over No10 parties, says Keir Starmer

Labour leader Keir Starmer has said the public should be told if the Prime Minister's wife Carrie Johnson receives a fixed penalty notice for lockdown breaches

Daily Mirror

Partygate: How much will Downing Street staff be fined by Met Police over lockdown gatherings?

Officers serve 20 fixed penalty notices to unnamed Westminster aides over attendance at rule-breaking social events in 2020 and 2021 as Covid pandemic raged

The Independent UK

‘Why is he still here?’: Keir Starmer says Boris Johnson should resign over Partygate

Labour leader also used prime minister’s questions to attack PM over taxes and cost of living

The Guardian - UK

Partygate: How much will Downing Street staff be fined by Met Police over lockdown gatherings?

Officers serve 20 fixed penalty notices to unnamed Westminster aides over attendance at rule-breaking social events in 2020 and 2021 as Covid pandemic raged

The Independent UK

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What has Boris Johnson said about the partygate allegations?

From repeated defences to a quote from The Lion King, here’s what the Prime Minister has had to say about the claims:

The Independent UK

Lebedev criticises Labour as MPs debate releasing security advice behind peerage – as it happened

Latest updates: Peer says opposition criticism of him is based on ‘pure innuendo’; government may be forced to release security advice on Lebedev

The Guardian - UK

First Lady: Intrigue at the Court of Carrie and Boris Johnson – thinly veiled and thinly drawn

Michael Ashcroft’s unauthorised biography can’t seem to decide whether the prime minister’s wife is a shallow non-entity or a sinister power behind the throne

The Guardian - UK

It’s possible Evgeny Lebedev’s only crime is absurdity. Perhaps his editors could let us know

In all the recent chatter about the press baron, one group has been silent – his media execs

The Guardian - UK

Carrie sounds like the wife from hell - but right now, who cares?

Melanie McDonagh reviews Lord Ashcroft’s new Carrie Johnson biography - First Lady

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: No launch for Ashcroft’s startling Carrie book

IT’S one of the biggest political books of the year, but there’s something of a silence surrounding Lord Ashcroft’s new biography of Carrie Johnson.

Evening Standard

12 cronies, allies and donors Boris Johnson has handed gongs to at top of society

Boris Johnson has handed out honours to a string of allies, Tory donors and cronies during his time in Downing Street

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Evening Standard

From Carrie Johnson to Melania Trump — political wives and the Lady Macbeth complex

Leaders’ wives are cast either as puppeteers with too much power — or as dim damsels only good for a photo call. What’s the truth, asks Freya Berry

The Guardian - UK

Sarah Vaughan: ‘Other writers ask if I’ve got a crystal ball. Actually, I just read the news’

As she publishes a thriller about a trolled MP, and Netflix adapts her bestseller Anatomy of a Scandal, the former journalist talks about power, privilege and her unnervingly prescient novels

The Independent UK

Met Police to reveal number of government officials fined over No 10 parties

Those fined will not be named but reasons for the police’s decisions will be given to the civil service

The Guardian - UK

No, Carrie Johnson is not a modern Lady Macbeth. She’s an enormous red herring

The prime minister’s wife gets a rough ride in Michael Ashcroft’s new biography. But many of her defenders couldn’t care less about fairness or decency

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The Conversation

Carrie Johnson and our lasting unease about the 'political spouse'

In what have been a turbulent few weeks for Boris Johnson, the imminent release of Lord Ashcroft’s biography of the prime minister’s wife is adding to his woes.

Daily Mirror

Carrie Johnson eyes up Boris in unearthed photo 6 years before relationship

The picture was taken when the Prime Minister's future wife, then 24-year-old Carrie Symonds, was working on his re-election campaign in 2012 for the position of London Mayor

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson could return 'unusual' Partygate questionnaire to police 'blank'

Boris Johnson is one of the 50 partygoers contacted by the Metropolitan Police as part of its probe into Downing Street lockdown bashes, with the PM believed to have been at six of the events under investigation

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson 'will refuse to resign' - even if he's fined over Partygate

Boris Johnson reportedly plans to claim he has been personally exonerated if he avoids a fixed penalty following the police investigation into parties in No10

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson to deny breaking Covid laws and 'argue flat was workplace for Abba party'

Boris Johnson will reportedly tell police that his Downing Street flat can also be a workplace amid claims the Prime Minister attended six parties during lockdown

The Independent UK

Johnson faces possible fine over party claims after receiving police questions

The Prime Minister must now ‘truthfully’ explain his presence at events to avoid being by police of breaching lockdown laws.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson receives legal questionnaire from partygate police

Downing Street said the Prime Minister will ‘respond as required’.

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