UK police looking at fresh ‘Partygate’ claims against Johnson

FORMER UK prime minister Boris Johnson is facing further potential police investigations into the “Partygate” scandal, after a government ministry handed two police forces material about alleged Covid lockdown breaches, it emerged yesterday.   

London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed it was “assessing” new information it has received over the last week related to “potential breaches” of the coronavirus rules in Downing Street between June 2020 and May 2021.