they are speaking to the media to give their reaction, we will be back there. much more on that story to come. stephen port serving a whole life tariff in prison for murdering four young men. life tariff in prison for murdering fouryoung men. until life tariff in prison for murdering four young men. until those news briefings get under way, we will look at some of the other main stories. fresh questions for the prime minister. december last year in the run up to christmas it has a marriage that borisjohnson is director of communications attended a gathering on december the 18th. it is understood that jack doyle gave a speech that night. up to 30 people work there. he handed out awards that evening. the event is one of three government gatherings which are now part of a review. the prime minister told the commons earlier
getting trade deals over the line. we now know this man, number ten press chief jack doyle, was at the event on december the 18th. sources have told the bbc mr doyle offered borisjohnson his resignation but the prime minister would not accept it something downing street denies. the second political headache facing the prime minister concerns his costly flat refurbishment. downing street has said officials are now liaising with borisjohnson s adviser on standards, lord geidt, following the publication of a report yesterday into how the work was paid for. hi, nice to see you. sir keir starmer, today meeting people helping in the aftermath of storm arwen, stopped short of calling for mrjohnson to quit, but. he s not fit for office and because he s not fit for office he won t resign, and the question really is for tory members of the cabinet, tory mps, to ask themselves, are they prepared
the country s most senior civil servant is now looking into what happened on december the 18th last year, the day that downing street still denies that a party took place. and the prime minister didn t seem to rule out extending that enquiry. people in this building have stayed within the rules. if that turns out not to be the case, and people wish to bring allegations to my attention or to the police or whoever, then, of course, there will be proper sanctions. so, what other events could potentially be examined? the bbc has received reports that some number ten staff attended a gathering with carriejohnson in a downing street flat on november the 13th last year, when england was in lockdown. but this has been denied by her spokeswoman. on the 13th and 27th of november, the bbc has been told there were informal leaving drinks for staff at number ten. and conservative sources have confirmed that four members of the party s head office staff, working in the london mayoral campaign, were
including over the pandemic, are hard working, industrious people who are seeking to serve their country and they work very hard in order to do that. what he of course mentions is a matter of great concern to the people of this country, as it is to me, and we are all wishing to know, of course, the terms of the investigation and i have announced to this house are what the terms of the investigation and the scope of it are. it will clearly be published and a copy of the terms will be laid in this house. revelations of the december the 18th gathering in number 10 downing street has triggered much anguish across the country. so can i press the minister, how exactly will the government s legal department be supporting this investigation? minister. well, the fact is the
i asked our political correspondent ben wright when the investigation might report back. it will take as long as it takes, said the paymaster general who you just heard from there, to howls of ridicule from the opposition benches. it was a week ago that number ten and borisjohnson maintained that there was no party, no rules have been broken, and that was a line repeated again by michael ellis, he will be now looking at the december the 18th party in downing street but also a gathering on november 27th, of which we believe the prime minister was in attendance, and also gathering at the department