Johnson refuses to admit lockdown rules were broken in Downing Street

Dominic Raab says there were clearly breaches', but PM says he won't give running commentary'

Boris Johnson has repeatedly declined to admit rules were broken in Downing Street during lockdown, despite the Metropolitan police issuing 20 fixed-penalty notices, and Dominic Raab saying there were clearly breaches of the regulations".

Raab, who as justice secretary oversees the legal system, suggested in a BBC interview on Wednesday that the Met's decision to issue 20 penalty notices to people involved in Downing Street gatherings showed the law had been broken.