other exemptions that included regular meetings with civil servants and advisers. breaking covid 19 rules in 2020 but he is denied any wrongdoing. a potential punishments may be premature to be thinking about this but potential punishments could they be facing about this and we expect the conservative party to take any actions? i do party to take any actions? i do not meet party to take any actions? i do not expect them party to take any actions? i do not expect them to party to take any actions? i if not expect them to take any actions at this point. boris johnson has faced one police investigation already for which he was fined for breaking the rules of an event in downing street in the covid i9 van pandemic. in tests with looking into all of the events in downing street and other government buildings broke coronavirus rules or may have done this and is still under investigation by a committee of members of parliament were looking into whether or not he misled mps about his
raise concerns about several entries in his official diary in relation to events which may, potentially, have beenin events which may, potentially, have been in breach in coronavirus rules and guidance at the time. they raised this with officials of the cabin office who in turn pass the information to police in line with their responsibility as civil servants. so that is where this takes us. we now have a response from the metropolitan police who confirmed they are in receipt of information and said they are currently assessing it. and also in a statement given to the times, thames valley police say they are looking into a report of potential breaches of the rule at chequers. as for borisjohnson, a spokesperson for borisjohnson, a spokesperson for him this evening telling us that some abbreviated entries in his official diary were queried by cabinet office during preparation
counterpart in warsaw. and the search is on for the family of one of the uk s last world war ii veterans, ahead of his funeral next week. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and ”pm in the evening in london, where the uk s former prime minister borisjohnson has denied lying to parliament in testimony to a committee that s investigating whether he intentionally misled mps over breaching his government s own coronavirus rules. he s acknowledged misleading parliament but said that was inadvertent and again apologised for that. the committee has pressed him on who gave him assurances that rules and guidelines had
good evening. boris johnson good evening. borisjohnson may have committed the serious parliamentary offence of misleading the house of commons repeatedly over gatherings at downing street during covid restrictions. that is according to mp5 investigating his conduct who mps investigating his conduct who said that evidence strongly suggests that breaches of coronavirus rules inside number ten whilst he was prime minister would have been obvious to mrjohnson. the former prime minister was amongst those fined by police for breaking lockdown rules at gatherings in downing street. he said there was no evidence he misled parliament knowingly. our political correspondent reports. did borisjohnson know more about lockdown parties in downing street than he told mps? for months now mp5 on the privileges committee have been building a picture. they have studied photos with lots of booze but little social distancing, they ve taken evidence from witnesses, and even gone on a tour of number 10. they
of coronavirus rules inside no 10 whilst he was prime minister would have been obvious to him. mrjohnson was among those fined by police for breaking lockdown rules. but he said there was no evidence he had knowingly misled parliament over the issue. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports. did borisjohnson know more about lockdown parties in downing street than he told mps? for months now, mps on the privileges committee have been building a picture. they have studied photos with lots of booze but little social distancing, taking evidence and even gone on a tour of number 10. the report says the evidence suggests breaches of guidance would have been obvious to mrjohnson at the time he was at the gatherings. i believed that what we were doing was implicitly within the rules, and that s why i said what i said in the house of commons