cannot tell the truth, he has lied continually and be dishonest to parliament and to the british people. frankly, he has to go. you should resign. downing street says the prime minister does not believe he has broken the law. the question now, how does a police investigation affect attempts from some of his own mps to remove him? we update you on some lines from a downing street briefing. the prime minister doesn t believe he s broken any law and also saying anyone who is required to co operate with the police would be expected to do so. downing street saying part of the soo great report that are not being the police could be released part of the report could be released possibly within a few days. saying those parts of an investigation that the police are not looking into it could be published. we also heard
morning amid new claims about a birthday celebration for boris johnson during lockdown. as they gathered an already serious situation for the government will take another dramatic turn. police had said they would not investigate claims of parties in whitehall that the government unless a government enquiry found evidence of criminality, until now. $5 a government enquiry found evidence of criminality, until now. criminality, until now. as a result firstl of criminality, until now. as a result firstly of information criminality, until now. as a result firstly of information provided - criminality, until now. as a result firstly of information provided by| firstly of information provided by the cabinet office enquiry team and secondly my officers own assessment, i can confirm that the met is now investigating a number of events that took place at downing street and whitehall in the last two years. in relation to potential breaches of covid regulations. the commissioner did not spe
frankly, he has to go. he should resign, that s the only way to clear up this mess. downing street says the prime minister does not believe he has broken the law. the question now, how does a police investigation affect attempts from some of his own mps to remove him? jonathan blake, bbc news. the metropolitan police previously said it wouldn t usually investigate past complaints about lockdown breaches. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, explains why they have now begun an inquiry. 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 has said nothing except it was in touch with sue gray, who is leading the cabinet office investigation.
and where there was little ambiguity around the absence of any reasonable defence. and what will the police look at? the starting point will be what sue gray has already uncovered. the investigation itself should be reasonably straightforward. now police have decided which of the events at downing street was potentially illegal, they lljust need to try and work out who was at each one, and they ll do that by looking at emails, at personal accounts and at movements on staff passes. and they ll also need to check whether anyone had a legitimate reason to be at any of the events. for some opposition politicians, the question is why did police not act sooner? did the officers who work in downing street every day not notice the events when they were happening? it sounds like there was a culture of lawbreaking parties rather than a single one off event. we ve heard reports of wheelie suitcases of drink clanking through security.
an investigation into allegations of multiple parties at downing street and in whitehall during lockdown to establish whether coronavirus rules were broken. the prime minister has welcomed the decision saying he s willing to speak to detectives and hopes it will draw a line under the matter. the head of the metropolitan police, dame cressida dick, revealed this morning that the investigation was sparked after the police were passed information uncovered by the civil servant sue gray during her inquiry into parties in government during the pandemic. it s not clear when her report will be made public. here s our political editor, laura kuenssberg. the editor, laura kuenssberg. law applies in every turr city, the law applies in every turn, every city, every road and every house and, in the s w one postcode of number ten. and the police have concluded they had seen enough about what happened behind closed doors, when the law was locked down. that it merits a full and proper look. i