Investigation into Downing Street parties could become police matter - government


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  • Thursday, 09 Dec 2021

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain, December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

LONDON (Reuters) - An investigation into alleged lockdown parties in Downing Street last year will look at three gatherings and could become a police matter if evidence of law-breaking is uncovered, a junior cabinet office minister said on Thursday.

Paymaster General Michael Ellis said the investigation, announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday, would look at alleged gatherings at Number 10 Downing Street on Nov. 27 and Dec. 18, as well as a gathering at the Department of Education on Dec. 10.

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