Boris Johnson is facing calls to answer allegations he broke Covid rules as reports suggested his attendance at a No 10 staff quiz could be included in an investigation into Downing Street party claims. Labour said the Prime Minister “might have misled” MPs after he told the Commons he had been given assurances that social distance regulations were not broken by No 10 last year. The party is demanding that Mr Johnson attend Parliament on Monday to “fess up” about whether he and staff partied and socialised while coronavirus restrictions were imposed on the public. — Angela Rayner (@AngelaRayner) December 12, 2021Downing Street has confirmed Mr Johnson “briefly” attended the “virtual” quiz at the tail end of last year. It comes as The Sun said Mr Johnson and his-then fiancee Carrie Johnson had been seen flouting coronavirus lockdown rules during a dinner at a London restaurant in October 2020.

Source: The Times December 13, 2021 00:18 UTC