said the prime minister was asked by his principal private secretary, martin reynolds, if the party on the 20th may should go ahead. cummings says the prime minister agreed it should. mrjohnson�*s former advisor also said that he would be prepared to "swear under oath" that this happened. downing street say it is untrue that the prime minister was warned about the event in advance. as he said earlier this week, he believed implicitly that this was a work event. he has apologised to the house and is committed to making a further statement once the investigation it is concluded. our political correspondentjonathan blake is at westminster. i wonder what the reaction in downing street is going to be. we have heard that official statement but will this ruffle more feathers? i am sure it will raffle some. and