Partygate: MPs to vote on whether Boris Johnson should be investigated for misleading parliament

Speaker grants Labour request for inquiry into whether PM misled MPs over law-breaking parties

MPs will vote on Thursday on whether to refer Boris Johnson for a formal parliamentary investigation into whether he misled them about his knowledge of Covid law-breaking parties.

Lindsay Hoyle, the House of Commons Speaker, granted a request by Labour for the matter to be examined given the prime minister insisted repeatedly that no rules were broken in Downing Street during lockdown, but was later issued with a fine by police for attending a birthday party.