Boris Johnson interviewed by Sue Gray as another party in Downing Street emerges

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Boris Johnson has reportedly been interviewed as part of the investigation into partygate allegations as claims of another lockdown breach in No 10 surfaced.

The Prime Minister is said to have "shared what he knows" with senior civil servant Sue Gray about alleged parties in Downing Street as she prepares to publish her report into claims of coronavirus rule flouting as soon as this week, according to the Daily Telegraph.

It comes as our sister paper The Mirror said Johnson attended a leaving do before Christmas 2020 during which he gave a speech to mark the departure of his defence adviser Captain Steve Higham.

No 10 did not respond to request for comment and the Ministry of Defence declined.The leaving do claim is the latest in a long line of allegations about rule breaking in Downing Street, with Gray looking into a litany of possible events, including a "bring your own booze" garden party during the first coronavirus lockdown that Johnson has admitted he attended - although he insists he understood it to be a "work event".