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Police admit they didn't send Boris Johnson questionnaires on TWO Partygate events

The revelation is thought to be the first time the Metropolitan Police has admitted this, under details released as part of a legal challenge by the Good Law Project

Daily Mirror

Met police admit they did NOT send Johnson two questionnaires over partygate

On two key dates - one where the PM was photographed with a drink in his hand - the force admitted they did not send Boris Johnson questionnaires

The National (Scotland)

Police did not question Boris Johnson about two lockdown parties he avoided fines for

Metropolitan Police issued fixed penalty notices to other attendees

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Met did not ask Johnson about two lockdown events he attended – campaign group

The force has admitted it did not send the PM questionnaires despite photos showing him drinking wine at one of the events, the Good Law Project said.

The Independent UK

Campaigners hail victory in challenge over Government net zero strategy

Mr Justice Holgate dismissed a number of other grounds of the legal challenge..

The Independent UK

Legal setback for government over net zero plan as Britain swelters in heatwave

Record temperatures expected as red alert issued for extreme heat

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s downfall: a corrosive culture of cronyism

Analysis: Partygate was the last straw, but the long view of history will count a broader catalogue of corruption

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Met police face legal challenge over Partygate investigation

Jo Maugham, of the Good Law Project, says people want to know why laws seem to apply to them but not to Boris Johnson

The Guardian - UK

Scandal-plagued Met Police to be sued over partygate probe 'failings'

THE Good Law Project will sue the embattled Metropolitan Police over its “failure” to properly investigate partygate, the legal charity has…

The National (Scotland)

Met Police sued in High Court for 'not properly investigating' Boris Johnson over Partygate

Former Met chief Lord Paddick and the Good Law Project have officially issued legal proceedings - saying the failure to send key questionnaires to Boris Johnson was 'irrational' in law

Daily Mirror

Met Police faces legal action over Boris Johnson partygate probe

The Metropolitan Police is facing the threat of legal action over allegations it unlawfully failed to investigate Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s alleged participation in three Downing Street lockdown parties.

Evening Standard

Met face new legal challenge over 'Partygate failures' after party pictures published

THE Metropolitan Police will face a fresh legal challenge over their alleged failure to properly investigate lawbreaking parties in Downing Street,…

The National (Scotland)

Matt Hancock told officials to go 'hell for leather' at Covid deal despite concerns

Officials had concerns a deal for Abingdon Health to develop Covid tests would not appear "legit" as it had been awarded without competition under emergency laws

Daily Mirror

Campaigners to appeal after losing court battle over ministers’ communications

Two groups complained that ministers were breaching the law by deleting messages and using systems such as WhatsApp.

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The Guardian - UK

Government work often done on WhatsApp during Covid, says top official

Statement comes as it emerges that series of messages lost from Boris Johnson’s phone in April 2021

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson: None of PM’s phone messages before April 2021 can be searched, government admits

PM’s historic messages ‘no longer available’, court hears

Daily Mirror

Government decisions made on WhatsApp deleted 'many' times, High Court hears

Campaign groups All the Citizens (ATC) and the Good Law Project (GLP) say ministers are breaking the law by deleting messages and using private accounts for Government business

Wales Online

High Court legal challenges to be heard over ministers' WhatsApp usage

The claims relate to the deleting of messages and the conducting of government business on private accounts

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The Independent UK

High Court to hear legal challenges over use of WhatsApp by ministers

Campaign groups All the Citizens and the Good Law Project have both brought claims

The Independent UK

High Court ruling on Hancock’s pandemic appointments ‘incredibly significant’

The Runnymede Trust won a ruling after complaining about Government appointments made during the pandemic.

Birmingham Post

Matt Hancock broke law over hiring of former TalkTalk CEO Dido Harding, High Court rules

Baroness Harding was Salford-headquartered TalkTalk's first CEO before stepping down in 2017

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock broke rules with Dido Harding Covid appointment, court finds

Government failed to comply with equality duty in appointing Tory peer and her ex-Sainsbury colleague

Evening Standard

Baroness Dido Harding’s appointment by Matt Hancock in Covid-19 response ‘broke equalities law’

The government’s appointments of Dido Harding and her former colleague at Sainsbury’s to top jobs in the Covid-19 response programme broke equalities rules, the High Court has found.

The Guardian - UK

Matt Hancock failed to comply with equality duty over Dido Harding appointment, court rules

Runnymede Trust wins court battle over key government appointments during coronavirus pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson warns threat of Russian invasion of Ukraine remains but hopes for ‘diplomatic opening’ – as it happened

Prime minister says ‘intelligence is not encouraging’ and reveals Russian field hospitals in Belarus appear to be part of invasion preparations

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