No10 Christmas lockdown party probe collapses as inquiry boss quits after his own staff had bash
DOWNING Street’s probe into Christmas lockdown breaking collapsed into farce last night as the chief inquisitor QUIT after it emerged his own staff had a party last December.
Cabinet Secretary Simon Case stepped down from investigating the slew of allegations that No10 staff flouted lockdown rules by boozing and playing party games last Christmas.Cabinet Secretary Simon Case stepped down from investigating the slew of allegations that No10 staff flouted lockdown rules, but last night they were hit by fresh allegations that Mr Case's own team had flouted Tier 3 rules last year.
The Cabinet Office admitted that six members of his team had bought booze and snacks into the office on 17 December 2020 and took part in a virtual quiz with other colleagues from their desk. Email invites were sent in advance called it "Christmas party!" - coming the night before Mr Johnson's own team were accused of a boozy wine and cheese knees-up.that Labour claims appears to have broken the strict rules against social gatherings in place in London at the time.
But the top mandarin denied other claims that a bigger party had taken place in his vast suite of offices in the heart of Whitehall.When asked if the Cabinet Secretary had been at any social gatherings, the PM’s spokesman insisted: “You can be assured due diligence will have been observed.”Most read in The Sun
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