e mails had invited people to a christmas party, which it emerged yesterday, was a quiz. the cabinet secretary did not attend, but he did speak to staff as he left. last night, it was announced that he would stand back from the enquiry and another top civil servant, sue gray, would complete the probe. it is incredibly hard to believe that no one in government knew that these parties were happening and there is a huge amount of evidence now and i do believe that the investigation that sue gray is going to be leading up, if the evidence is there, they need to carry that investigation out very swiftly to restore the public trust and then hand over that evidence to the police because no one is above the law. it is another damaging episode after a damaging few weeks for the government. from accusations of not taking sleaze seriously, to big rebellions in parliament, to this. cheering and applause. the remarkable result in north shropshire, with the liberal democrats
of evidence now, so i do believe that the investigation sue grey is going to be leading up, there is evidence there, they need to carry that investigation out very swiftly to restore the public trust and then hand over that evidence to the police, because nobody s above the law. it s another damaging episode after a damaging few weeks for the government, from accusations of not taking sleaze seriously, to big rebellions in parliament, to this. cheering and applause. ..the remarkable result in north shropshire, where the liberal democrats overturned a 26,000 majority for the conservatives, and they think burst the prime minister s bubble in the process. that is always the signal sent by the public when they feel things have gone wrong. and the answer to that is very simple. it s not more of the same, it s the reality that if we want to get the vote back, then we have to be able to show that we deserve that support. the past few weeks have led to questions over borisjohnson s authority a
to big rebellions in parliament, to this. cheering and applause. the remarkable result in north shropshire, with the liberal democrats overturning a 26,000 majority for the conservatives and they think they burst the prime minister s bubble in the process. that is always the signal sent by the public when they feel that things have gone wrong and that the answer to that is very simple, it is not more of the same, it is the reality that if we want to get the vote back, then we have to be able to show that we deserve that support. the past few weeks have led to questions over borisjohnson s authority and his politicalfuture. many conservatives think things need to change in here if he is going to steady the ship. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. our political correspondent jonathan blake is here. jonathan, what is known about this
at allegations of rule breaking at parties, but yesterday it emerged that there had been an event at his own private office. e mails had invited people to a christmas party, which it emerged yesterday, was a quiz. the cabinet secretary did not attend, but he did speak to staff as he left. last night, it was announced that he would stand back from the enquiry and another top civil servant, sue gray, would complete the probe. it is incredibly hard to believe that no one in government knew that these parties were happening and there is a huge amount of evidence now and i do believe that the investigation that sue gray is going to be leading up, if the evidence is there, they need to carry that investigation out very swiftly to restore the public trust and then hand over that evidence to the police because no one is above the law. it is another damaging episode after a damaging few weeks for the government. from accusations of not taking sleaze seriously, to big rebellions in parliament, t
would complete the probe. it is incredibly hard to believe that no one in government knew that these parties were happening and there is a huge amount of evidence now and i do believe that the investigation that sue gray is going to be leading up, if the evidence is there, they need to carry that investigation out very swiftly to restore the public trust and then hand over that evidence to the police because no one is above the law. it is another damaging episode after a damaging few weeks for the government. from accusations of not taking sleaze seriously, to big rebellions in parliament, to this. cheering and applause. the remarkable result in north shropshire, with the liberal democrats overturning a 26,000 majority for the conservatives and they think they burst the prime minister s bubble in the process. that is always the signal sent by the public when they feel that things have gone wrong and the answer to that is very simple, it is not more of the same, it is the reality that i