breaches, so what s changed? here s our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. for months, whitehall has been gripped by arguments around alleged parties and breaches of coronavirus regulations in downing street and its garden. the metropolitan police had said nothing except it wasn t church with sue gray, who is leading the cabinet office investigation. but the head of the force cressida dick, speaking to the london assembly police and crime commissioner this morning, said while the met was generally reluctant to investigate breaches of regulations that took place three months ago, three factors might change that. the months ago, three factors might change that- months ago, three factors might chance that. .,. ., , ., change that. the factors were and are there was change that. the factors were and are there was evidence change that. the factors were and are there was evidence that - change that. the factors were and are there was evidence that those i are there was evidenc
say so publicly. others i think are waiting to see how decisive this report is. they feel that there is a hope in this report, that they could ride through it, and they may be willing to avoid an imminent leadership competition. however, some feel given what s already in the public domain, they don t see how this report could clear the prime minister and those working in downing street at the time. thank ou ve downing street at the time. thank you very much- so police are now investigating potential breaches of coronavirus regulations at a number of events in downing street and whitehall. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports on what they will look at, and considers why the police didn t act sooner. for months, arguments around alleged parties in downing street and its garden have swept through whitehall, while london s main police force has kept quiet, saying only that it was in touch with sue gray, who is leading the cabinet office investigation. so why is the met
the police to finish that investigation first, we are told downing street says there are parts that could be published but do not cross over it with the police investigation but we don t know if they will and what they will involve and of course the more serious allegations would not be included. what is pretty clear is that even if we get some element of the sue gray report published in the next few days or so, that is a big if, it would be and won t that be the definitive point some mps thought they might be. some mps think the spy they might be. some mps think the spy minister some time because they will want to wait for the conclusions of the police report, others think this simply cannot carry on with an ongoing police investigation and a drip of reports which have been very damaging for the prime minister. i spoke to look at someone who thinks the prime minister should stay for now, sir edward leave. i personally believe when europe stands i personally believe when europe st
inevitably this will take time, we asked the government to collaborate and create in the commission outlet improvement board to allow us to focus on delivering consistently high quality care. our front line staff are key to this and we recognise the hard work they do every day, entering homes and some other challenging circumstances in society and we are committed to supporting them. we do not yet have details of this children s company thatis details of this children s company that is due to be created, and how it will actually fit with the council if it is going to a council owned, so lots of questions still to ask but bradford council been stripped of its responsibility for children s services. an investigation into the fire that destroyed glasgow school of art in 2018 has failed to find a cause. the scottish fire and rescue service spent more than three years investigating the blaze but said the damage was so bad that any
are others did not, perhaps it was the work place for some and not others. it should be quite straightforward, particularly people are prepared to accept their fate. it gets more complicated if people dispute events but this isn t a multi month investigation, this should be containable in a small number of weeks. as you say, incredibly politically sensitive. we ve already spoke about the sue gray potentially having the fate of the prime minister in her hands and there it is jane connors, who will be leading this investigation for the police. aha, investigation for the police. small number of officers will do a lot of the work, not a massive investigation that needs a massive police computer, it s a simple discrete number of events, discrete number of people, who was there and that they have a good reason and do