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Tory minister held Christmas bash as millions faced Covid festive gathering ban

08.12.2021 - 01:37

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Former UK Education Secretary Gavin Williamson threw a party for up to two dozen staff members last year as millions prepared to face the prospect of Christmas alone.

The Daily Mirror reports that Williamson - who was sacked from the education job in a September reshuffle - gathered his departmental staff in the Department for Education (DfE) cafe for "drinks and canapes" on December 10.

Williamson delivered a short speech at the evening event before officials and ministers knocked back glasses of wine at the shindig, which Whitehall bosses now admit should not have gone ahead.

At the time of the gathering London was in Tier 2, which banned any social mixing between households. One source told the Mirror: "There were lots of people

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