No 10 staff have swipe card data logged in probe of ‘partygate’

Security logs crucial to future of key staff as Sue Gray also has details of new social event'

The senior civil servant investigating allegations of at least nine lockdown-breaking parties at Downing Street has been given access to a detailed log of staff movements in and out of the building from security data including swipecards.

Whitehall figures say the inquiry by Sue Gray - who is expected to publish a report of about 25 pages this week - has been forensic", looking in granular detail" at who was in the building for social gatherings, some of which went on into the early hours, and the precise timings of their arrivals and departures.