On 18 December last year, when London was in tier three restrictions that made socialising illegal, Downing Street is alleged to have hosted a party that one source told the BBC was attended by “several dozen” people. Press secretary Allegra Stratton was filmed, days later, laughing with aides about the “cheese and wine… business meeting”, as she described it.
It’s the latest in a long line of lockdown breaches by politicians and senior civil servants, including…
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