Cabinet room birthday party now done. the prime minister is alleged to have attended at least six gatherings so there could be more fines to come. the prime minister was pushed by the leader of the opposition on reports of parties in downing street in december last year. let s hear their exchange in the house of commons kier starmer. as millions of people were locked down last year, was a christmas party thrown at downing street for dozens of people on december the 18th? what i can tell the right honourable gentlemen is that all guidance was followed completely during number ten. my colleague rob watsonjoins me now from outside downing street. greater happy with us. i mean, what does it look like for the prime minister and the chancellor right now? it minister and the chancellor right now? , . ., , , ., minister and the chancellor right now? , . ., , now? it is nice to be with you, too. i m not sure now? it is nice to be with you, too. i m not sure if now? it is nice to be with you,
It certainly will not negate the value of the booster. so, everyone should get the boosterjab is and is there called for. we are buying more pfizer, more modernity, hundred ia million doses and everybody will, everyone over 18 will be offered a booster by the end of january. meanwhile, labour have written to the cabinet secretary to ask whether he will refer any potential breach of covid regulations by the prime minister to the metropolitan police, over a party held at downing street in december last year. number 10 says all rules were followed. let s speak to our political correspondent chris mason. what exactly are the government and their opponents saying about this party just their opponents saying about this partyjust before christmas last year? party ust before christmas last ear? , ., :, , , year? these revelations first
Snogging under the mistletoe, you don t need to do things like that, but we should be trying to enjoy the christmas ahead of us and that is why we are working hard to get the deployment of as many vaccines as possible. what most people want this christmas is an end to the covid pandemic and whilst it is not over, we are now in a better place with vaccines and new treatments that many hope will give us the boost we need for a brighter new year. katharine da costa, bbc news. meanwhile, the deputy labour leader, angela rayner, has written to the cabinet secretary to ask whether he will refer any potential breach of covid regulations by the prime minister to the metropolitan police, over a party held at downing street in december last year. number 10 says all rules were followed. here is the leader of the labour party, keir starmer first addressing christmas gatherings this year with the concerns around the omicron variant. i don t think we should be saying to people that they need to ca
Pick your own way and businesses this morning were saying that each business, each family and each community will have to make their own decisions, and so there is likely to be, even if companies say, you must wear your mask and do your lateral flow test, et cetera, that is a company policy decision that is actually not necessarily enforceable and so it is quite difficult to see how this is going to go to plan, whether it is the ceo telling you this or whether it is borisjohnson. victoria, for the moment, thank you very much. victoria fritz. meanwhile, the deputy labour leader, angela rayner, has written to the cabinet secretary to ask whether he will refer any potential breach of covid regulations by the prime minister to the metropolitan police, over a party held at downing street in december last year. number 10 says all rules were followed. here is the leader of the labour party, keir starmer first addressing christmas gatherings this year with the concerns around the 0micron var
Hello, this is bbc news. the headlines germany and the united states announce new measures to tackle covid as the uk orders more than 100 million extra vaccine doeses over the next two years. the death of six year old arthur labinjo hughes who was starved and tortured his stepmother is found guilty of his murder, his father of manslaughter. the army is called on to help, in the wake of storm arwen. nearly 20,000 people still have no electricity in scotland and northern england. the duchess of sussex wins her privacy case against the publisher of the mail on sunday after it printed parts of a letter she d written to her father. labour have written to the cabinet secretary to ask whether he will refer any potential breach of covid regulations by the prime minister to the metropolitan police over a party held at downing street