he misled parliament. ministers now say the decision should wait until inquiries into lockdown parties by the met and the civil servant sue gray have finished. our political correspondent ione wells has more. i have been repeatedly assured, since these allegations have emerged, that there was no party. ..and that no covid rules were broken. these are words that have come back to haunt the prime minister, telling mps last year, that covid rules in number 10 were followed at all times, and that he d been repeatedly assured there were no parties during lockdown. reporter: are there more fines coming, prime minister? - after he, his wife, and the chancellor were fined last week for covid breaches, opposition mps have accused him of misleading parliament a resigning offence under government rules. the prime minister has apologised and said it hadn t occurred to him the event he was fined for a gathering in the cabinet room
rules were broken. these are words that have come back to haunt the prime minister, telling mps last year, that covid rules in number 10 were followed at all times, and that he d been repeatedly assured there were no parties during lockdown. reporter: are there more fines coming, prime minister? - after he, his wife, and the chancellor were fined last week for covid breaches, opposition mps have accused him of misleading parliament a resigning offence under government rules. the prime minister has apologised and said it hadn t occurred to him the event he was fined for a gathering in the cabinet room on his birthday before a meeting was a breach of the rules. labour wanted a committee of cross party mps to investigate if he misled mps. they scheduled a vote today on whether that investigation should happen. a number of tory mps were planning to vote for one with labour, or not vote at all. some feared being accused of blocking an investigation, or defending borisjohnson ahead of
that covid rules in number 10 were followed at all times, and that he d been repeatedly assured there were no parties during lockdown. reporter: are there more fines coming, prime minister? - after he, his wife and the chancellor were fined last week for covid breaches, opposition mps have accused him of misleading parliament a resigning offence under government rules. the prime minister has apologised and said it hadn t occurred to him the event he was fined for a gathering in the cabinet room on his birthday before a meeting was a breach of the rules. labour wanted a committee of cross party mps to investigate if he misled mps. they scheduled a vote today on whether that investigation should happen. a number of tory mps were planning to vote for one with labour, or not vote at all. some feared being accused of blocking an investigation, or defending borisjohnson ahead of may s local elections. but the government have squashed that with a new plan. they want mps to vote on wheth
welcome back. a new party scandal for british prime minister boris johnson. a downing street spokesman said johnson celebrated his birthday with a gathering at his residence in june of 2020 at the same time tight covid restrictions were in place. cnn s scott mcclain is in london. reporter: that s right, laura. previously the local police, metropolitan police said it was their policy in general not to go back and investigate retrospectively incidents that happened over potential covid breaches that happened a long time ago. new this morning the chief of the london metropolitan police says that based on new information and a determination this is public interest, police will now investigate several incidents, several accusations of breaches in relation to covid
breaking news out of the united kingdom this morning. the prime minister boris johnson, could he be in trouble with the law? the london metropolitan police announced investigations of a number of events that took place at 10 downing street over the last two years while the united kingdom was under strict covid lockdown. this includes birthday party for the prime minister in june of 2020. cnn scott mclean in london with the very latest from the political peril to now possibly legal peril, scott? reporter: yeah, john. this is significant because the london metropolitan police, john, up until this point have said it is not their policy to retroactively investigate covid breaches. too many of them. not a good use of their resources, but today the chief