Jacob Rees-Mogg says Ukraine war shows Partygate scandal was just ‘fluff’ – as it happened

Brexit opportunities minister says people will find Partygate scandal fundamentally trivial' in the context of war in Ukraine. This live blog has now closed.

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I think people respect honesty," says Rishi Sunak. A few weeks ago this would have been seen as an obvious dig at Sunak's boss, but it did not sound like that today. He was talking about Treasury policy in the early days of the Covid pandemic, and how he felt it was important to admit that government policy would not be able to save all jobs.

Now he's talking about the family dog. He was oppoosed to getting a puppy for a long time, he says, but when he became chancellor, he was spending so much time at work that he lost the moral authority to say no.