Johnson under pressure as probe into boozy parties concludes
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Johnson braces for Gray report
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is bracing for the conclusions of an investigation into allegations of lockdown-breaching parties. Senior civil servant Sue Gray could turn in her report to the government anytime now.
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Will he have to go?
The report could help him end weeks of scandal and discontent, or bring his time in office to an abrupt close. Johnson's office has promised to publish its findings, and the prime minister will address Parliament about it soon after.
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Boozy parties during Covid curbs
Gray is investigating claims that government staff held late-night soirees, boozy parties and ``wine time Fridays'' while Britain was under coronavirus restrictions in 2020 and 2021.
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Calls for resignation
Allegations that the prime minister and his staff flouted restrictions imposed on the country to curb the spread of the coronavirus have caused public anger, led some Conservative lawmakers to call for Johnson's resignation and triggered intense infighting inside the governing party.
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'Wait and see'
Johnson has urged his critics to wait for Gray's conclusions, but his ``wait and see'' defense weakened when police said they had opened a criminal investigation into some of the gatherings.