but the government have squashed that with a new plan. they want mps to vote on whether to push that decision until after the police investigation is finished, and the civil servant sue gray s report into government lockdown parties has been published. tory mps will be ordered to back this delay. i m confident that when the prime minister said he was assured that no rules were broken, i m sure that is the case. i don t think that constitutes misleading parliament by any means. but i do think all of this comes back to, what sensible person would want to jump the gun rather than wait for the metropolitan police investigation and that sue gray report? it means after the police and sue gray have finished investigating, mps will then get the vote on whether the prime minister should be investigated again over whether he misled mps. this investigation should take place now, and we are absolutely clear about that. why? because it should be fairly straightforward. the prime minister should com
is finished, and the civil servant sue gray s report into government lockdown parties has been published. tory mps will be ordered to back this delay. i m confident that when the prime minister said he was assured that no rules were broken, i m sure that is the case. i don t think that constitutes misleading parliament by any means. but i do think all of this comes back to, what sensible person would want to jump the gun rather than wait for the metropolitan police investigation and that sue gray report? it means after the police and sue gray have finished investigating, mps will then get the vote on whether the prime minister should be investigated again over whether he misled mps. this investigation should take place now, and we are absolutely clear about that. why? because it should be fairly straightforward. the prime minister should come clean with the public. while this means borisjohnson has staved off another investigation for now, mps could still vote for one in future. all th
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
her birthday, at midday there will be a gun salute and we will bring you coverage at that, but this is the scene currently at windsor castle, the changing of the guards has been kicked off appropriately with happy birthday. the uk government is trying to delay a decision about a possible commons investigation into whether borisjohnson misled mps about lockdown parties. ministers say the decision should wait until inquiries into lockdown parties by the met and the civil servant sue gray have finished, while the opposition party, labour, says if conservative mps back the change to the timetable, they ll be complicit in a cover up. 0ur 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 gone back to haunt the prime minister, telling mps last year,