Boris Johnson’s team thought that the biggest problem they would encounter this week was Sue Gray’s report into allegations of parties at Downing Street in breach of Covid restrictions. However, they now also have a police investigation to deal with. This morning, the Met Police commissioner Cressida Dick confirmed that the police will investigate parties in No. 10.
Giving evidence to the London assembly this morning, Dick said her force had launched a criminal investigation into the allegations triggered by information provided by the Cabinet Office from Sue Gray’s investigation. Dick said: ‘As a result of information provided by cabinet office and my officers own assessment I can confirm (the) Met is investigating.’
This means potentially weeks and months of uncertainty for the Prime Minister
So, what happens now? Previously the line from the police had been that it is not their policy was to undertake retrospective investigations of lockdown breaches.
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