It’s groundhog day in Westminster as once again hacks and ministers ask: when will Sue Gray’s report come out? On Tuesday morning it seemed as though the publication of the investigation would be delayed indefinitely. After the Metropolitan police announced plans to launch a criminal investigation into a number of the alleged parties after the Cabinet Office passed on evidence, there had been indications from inside government that the report would not be published until the police investigation was over — which could take months.
Any hopes Johnson had to use the publication of the report to draw a line in the sand and move on now seem overly optimistic
However, ministers are now braced once more for the report to reach No. 10 this week. The Met police have made it clear they have no objection to its publication — given it primarily is an outline of events rather than offering judgment.
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