Sue Gray’s redacted 'partygate' report finds 'serious failure' in high standards expected
The media gathered outside no 10 Downing Street, London. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make a statement to MPs on the Sue Gray report after she provided an update on her investigations earlier today. Picture date: Monday January 31, 2022. The media gathered outside no 10 Downing Street, London. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make a statement to MPs on the Sue Gray report after she provided an update on her investigations earlier today. Picture date: Monday January 31, 2022.
Sue Gray’s redacted report on the “partygate” allegations of lockdown-busting gatherings in No 10 and Whitehall has been published.
Ms Gray found that “at least some of the gatherings” she investigated represent “a serious failure to observe not just the high standards expected of those working at the heart of Government but also of the standards expected of the entire British population at the time”.
The report said the Downing Street garden was “used for gatherings without clear authorisation or oversight” and “this was not appropriate”.
The Gray report concluded: “The gatherings within the scope of this investigation are spread over a 20-month period – a period that has been unique in recent times in terms of the complexity and breadth of the demands on public servants and indeed the general public.
“The whole of the country rose to the challenge. Ministers, special advisers and the Civil Service, of which I am proud to be a part, were a key and dedicated part of that national effort.
“However, as I have noted, a number of these gatherings should not have been allowed to take place or to develop in the way that they did. There is significant learning to be drawn from these events which must be addressed immediately across Government. This does not need to wait for the police investigations to be concluded.”
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make a statement to MPs on the Sue Gray report at 3.30pm, the House of Commons has said.
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