Cake and singing on PM’s birthday was not a party, says Grant Shapps

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Boris Johnson's gathering with birthday cake in the cabinet room was not a party, the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, has said, denying the prime minister had organised the event.

The prime minister clearly didn't organise to be given a cake," Shapps told Sky News after the latest revelations about lockdown breaches in Downing Street. Some people came forward and thought it would be appropriate for on his birthday."