coronavirus off her husband, Ozzy. She had flown home to Los Angeles to care for the rock star who had tested positive, when she too was struck by the pandemic virus.
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Boris Johnson is expected later today to make a “full-throated apology” to MPs after he was fined by police for attending a birthday bash in breach of Covid rules. However, it's also thought he will stop short of addressing allegations that he instigated a separate lockdown leaving do.
Mr Johnson is expected to to try and convince politicians there are bigger issues to focus on than the partygate scandal, with the war in Ukraine, along with the Government’s controversial new policy on sending “illegal” migrants to Rwanda, possible alternative issues to zone in on. Last week the PM was fined by the Metropolitan Police for attending a birthday bash thrown in his honour in the Cabinet room in June 2020, while coronavirus restrictions were in place.
He was then accused over the weekend of not only attending a leaving party for his former communications chief Lee Cain on November 13, 2020, but of instigating the do. Downing Street declined to comment on the claims.
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Mr Johnson is widely expected to make a statement in the Commons today (Tuesday), as MPs return to Westminster following the Easter recess. The Daily Telegraph cited a Downing Street source as saying he will “offer a full-throated apology and recognise the strength of feeling” among MPs on partygate, but is unlikely to go into too much detail on the matter.
“He will obviously give an update on the fine because there is a clear need to do that, but it is difficult to pre-empt the findings of an ongoing police investigation publicly,” the source reportedly said.
The newspaper said he will instead talk about Ukraine and the Rwanda deal, while The Times
coronavirus off her husband, Ozzy. She had flown home to Los Angeles to care for the rock star who had tested positive, when she too was struck by the pandemic virus.
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