PMQs in full: Boris Johnson questioned on Downing Street Christmas party in Parliament

Boris Johnson will answer questions from MPs on the alleged Downing Street Christmas party after a leaked video showed No10 staff joking about the event.

Downing Street has repeatedly insisted there was no party on Friday, December 18 last year, amid a row over whether lockdown rules were breached.

It has been reported that the alleged event involved party games, as well as food and drinks being served until past midnight, at a time when Tier 3 rules explicitly banned work Christmas lunches and parties where it was "a primarily social activity and is not otherwise permitted".

In the leaked footage which emerged on Tuesday night, Allegra Stratton, who at the time was the Prime Minister's press secretary, fields questions about reports of a Downing Street Christmas party.

Read the full story here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/12/07/downing-street-staff-joked-lockdown-christmas-party-leaked-footage/

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