Boris Johnson said a leaked photo showing Downing Street staff eating cheese and drinking wine in the No 10 garden during lockdown showed “people at work, talking about work”.
10.12.2021 - 16:51 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Michael Gove will today hold a four-nation Cobra meeting over concerns around the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus.
The Levelling Up secretary will meet with the first ministers and deputy ministers of the devolved nations on Friday afternoon.
Leaders are set to discuss the latest Covid-19 data and how to co-ordinate the response to the rising number of Omicron cases being detected in across the country.
The Prime Minister's official spokesperson confirmed the meeting, saying: "Given
Boris Johnson said a leaked photo showing Downing Street staff eating cheese and drinking wine in the No 10 garden during lockdown showed “people at work, talking about work”.
Boris Johnson has been accused of skipping the last three COBRA meetings and being "missing in action" over his reaction to the spread of the coronavirus Omicron variant.
A photograph of Boris Johnson enjoying wine and cheese alongside his wife and more than a dozen staff in the Downing Street garden was taken during a "work meeting", Number 10 has said.
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