Partygate: Boris Johnson under pressure to explain meeting with Sue Gray
by Jessica Elgot and Heather Stewart from on (#5ZJQP)
PM's spokesperson unable to say firmly whether Johnson may have wondered aloud whether publication should go ahead
Downing Street has denied that Boris Johnson asked Sue Gray outright to ditch her report on lockdown breaches in Downing Street, insisting the pair only discussed process" at a recent meeting.
Johnson's official spokesperson said: The prime minister did not ask her to drop the report or not proceed with the report. The prime minister commissioned the report. He wants the report to be published."
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