PM under pressure over further lockdown drinks party
Witnesses have told the 91热爆 that Boris Johnson and his wife were present.
91热爆 News has been told that around 30 people attended a drinks party in the Downing Street garden in May 2020, during the first national lockdown. Invitations had been sent via email by the Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary, Martin Reynolds. The email was published by ITV News. Scotland Yard says it is in contact with the Cabinet Office about the latest allegations.
Today鈥檚 Martha Kearney hears the thoughts of Dr Hannah White, who previously ran the Committee on Standards in Public Life in the Cabinet Office, and then the lawyer Adam Wagner.
Following that, Today鈥檚 Mishal Husain questions the Health Minister, Edward Argar.
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