said the prime minister was asked by his principal private secretary, martin reynolds, if the party on the 20th may should go ahead. cummings says the prime minister agreed it should. mrjohnson s former advisor also said that he would be prepared to swear under oath that this happened. downing street say it is untrue that the prime minister was warned about the event in advance. as he said earlier this week, he believed implicitly that this was a work event. he has apologised to the house and is committed to making a further statement once the investigation it is concluded. our political correspondentjonathan blake is at westminster. i wonder what the reaction in downing street is going to be. we have heard that official statement but will this ruffle more feathers? i am sure it will raffle some. and
labour say the government is in chaos after the prime minister s former adviser, dominic cummings, said borisjohnson lied to parliament about a gathering at the height of the first lockdown. mr cummings said he was prepared to swear under oath that mrjohnson knew a drinks party was being held a claim denied by number ten. i m joined now byjonathan ashworth, shadow work and pensions secretary. good morning to you. hello. do you believe mr cummings? good morning to you. hello. do you believe mr cummings? he s - good morning to you. hello. do you believe mr cummings? he s made l believe mr cummings? he s made exlosive believe mr cummings? he s made explosive allegations believe mr cummings? he s made explosive allegations and - believe mr cummings? he s made explosive allegations and i - believe mr cummings? he s made explosive allegations and i think l explosive allegations and i think he s saying there proof of photos and proof of e mails. the thing for me is borisjohnson cont
britain s labour party says the government is in chaos after the prime minister s former adviser, dominic cummings, accused borisjohnson of lying to parliament about a gathering at the height of the uk s first lockdown. mr cummings said he was prepared to swear under oath that mrjohnson knew a drinks party was being held a claim denied by number ten. in the past hour, i spoke to jonathan ashworth, shadow work and pensions secretary. i asked him if he believed mr cummings allegations. well, he has made explosive allegations and i think he is saying there is proof of photos and indeed proof of e mails. the thing for me as borisjohnson continuing in office is clearly not in the national interest and tory mps, rather than trying to weigh up what is in their best electoral interests in their constituency, whether they