meeting in person this morning now rules have been relaxed amid new claims about a birthday celebration for boris police had said they would not investigate claims of parties in whitehall unless a government enquiry found evidence of criminality — until now. as a result, firstly of information provided by the cabinet office enquiry team, and secondly my officers' own assessment, i can confirm that the met is now investigating a number of events that took place at downing street and whitehall in the last two years in relation to potential breaches of covid regulations. the commissioner did not specify which events