Boris Johnson referred to police over allegedly hosting friends at Chequers in lockdown

Records of visits were allegedly found in official diary by lawyers as they were preparing for Covid public inquiry

Boris Johnson has been referred to police by the Cabinet Office over claims he broke lockdown rules by hosting family and friends at Chequers during the pandemic.

The visits to the former prime minister's grace-and-favour residence were found in his official diary by his government-funded lawyers as they were preparing for the public inquiry into the Covid pandemic.