The Health Secretary said the probe into allegations of a Number 10 Christmas party could be widened to include other claims, as the Conservatives admitted a rule-breaking gathering took place at their headquarters. The Cabinet minister told LBC: “If the rules were not broken, then a party could not take place. “He is free to look at whatever dates he wants to consider.”Mr Case’s inquiry was ordered by the Prime Minister after a leaked video emerged showing Downing Street aides laughing about a “fictional” party at Number 10 in December 2020. It cannot be one rule for everybody else, and another for the Prime Minister and Downing Street. But the force did leave open the possibility of further inquiries by saying it would consider “any evidence” that emerges in the Case inquiry.

Source: The Times December 09, 2021 16:49 UTC