HISTORICAL FACTS: 8 - The Untold Story

Messages show how No 10 struggled to explain Covid parties within rules

Communications director Jack Doyle wondered whether a proposed explanation blew a ‘gaping hole’ in Boris Johnson’s account.

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2023

Tory fury as Partygate investigator Sue Gray made Keir Starmer’s chief of staff

Labour leader ‘delighted’ – but Tories cry ‘stitch up’ as top civil servant who led inquiry quits government

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

Labour government may be needed to reach Brexit protocol deal, says ex-Irish PM

EU will have to wait for Keir Starmer at No 10 ‘if not sorted in the next few weeks’, says Bertie Ahern

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023

Boris Johnson staff ‘had sex at No 10 lockdown party’

One couple said to have emerged from dark room ‘flustered’ at party on eve of Philip’s funeral

The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023

Johnson ‘joked he was at the most unsocially distanced party in UK’ during Covid - OLD

Boris Johnson allegedly made the comment at a wine-fuelled party in No 10 while prime minister.

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023

Traces of suspected cocaine found after parties in Liz Truss’s grace-and-favour house, say staff

Exclusive: White powder residue found after events held at Chevening and Downing Street, say sources

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2022

Watch: Rishi Sunak turns on Downing Street Christmas tree lights

In an annual festive tradition, the Prime Minister has turned on the lights of the Downing Street Christmas tree. Rishi Sunak said the Christmas story was “one of hospitality and compassion”, adding that he and his wife, Akshata Murty, were “really pleased to welcome” Ukrainians who had found shelter in…

Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2022

Sunak hosts Ramaphosa at No 10 to deepen UK-South Africa ties

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was making the first state visit of the King’s reign.

The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2022

Rishi Sunak welcomes King Abdullah of Jordan to No 10

The monarch caught Downing Street off guard by arriving early on Friday, meaning he missed the customary doorstep handshake with the Prime Minister.

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2022

Rishi Sunak in No 10 puts Britain’s racial progress in the spotlight

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Nesrine Malik on the significance of having an ethnic minority prime minister

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022