14th last year. nobody is above the law, it cannot be one rule for everybody else and one rule for the prime minister and downing street. it s incredibly frustrating it has taken a week for the prime minister to admit there was a potential breach of the rules and it looks like it wasn tjust the one off incident either. in parliament, questions were asked about which parties the investigation being conducted by the country s most senior civil servant will cover. the government said it will look at the november 27th leaving drinks and 18th december party at number ten and also at a gathering at the department for education on the 10th of december. in the middle of this, the prime minister has a new arrival. his wife carrie gave birth to a baby girl this morning. helen catt, bbc news. let s get more on this from our political correspondent ben wright.
nobody is above the law, it cannot be one rule for everybody else and one rule for the prime minister and downing street. nobody is above the law. it cannot be one rule for everybody else and one rule for the prime minister and downing street. it s incredibly frustrating it has taken a week for the prime minister to admit there was a potential breach of the rules and it looks like it wasn tjust the one off incident either. in parliament, questions were asked about which parties the investigation being conducted by the country s most senior civil servant will cover. the government said it will look at the november 27th leaving drinks and 18th december party at number ten and also at a gathering at the department for education on the 10th of december. in the middle of this, the prime minister has a new arrival. his wife carrie gave birth to a baby girl this morning. helen catt, bbc news. the uk health security agency has released the latest numbers of the 0micron covid variant across the
were asked about which parties the investigation being conducted by the country s most senior civil servant will cover. the government said it will look at the november 27th leaving drinks and 18th december party at number ten and also at a gathering at the department for education on the 10th of december. in the middle of this, the prime minister has a new arrival. his wife carrie gave birth to a baby girl this morning. helen catt, bbc news. pubs could run out of cash as people return to working from home that s the warning from one hospitality boss, as businesses deal with the impact of the introduction of plan b in england. 0ne trade body says the move is a body blow to already struggling venues, at what is traditionally the busiest time of the year. there have been calls for extra government help while the measures are in place, but there are no plans for additional economic support. ramzan karmali reports. it has been a tough year for this liverpool restaurant and deli owner.
will establish whether individual disciplinary action is warranted. london s metropolitan police have ruled out its own investigation into the 18th december party, based on the absence of evidence and in line with our policy not to investigate retrospective breaches of such regulations. but, as the bbc s dominic casciani reports, at least three people who held or went to unlawful gatherings on the same day as the apparent downing street party have been fined by courts this month. and labour still has questions about the uk government s investigation. are there more parties that we need to hear about? is this investigation just to say, we are doing something, we will push it into the long grass or is it a serious investigation? the prime minister said yesterday, i have been repeatedly assured that there was no party and no covid rules have been broken, but i have asked the cabinet secretary to establish these facts. who gave these repeated assurances? you heard fleur and