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A Gray day at Westminster

"Failures of leadership and judgements - the senior civil servant, Sue Gray's initial findings into events at Downing Street and Westminster during coronavirus lockdowns.

An initial report into allegations of lockdown parties in Downing Street and Whitehall has said there were "failures of leadership and judgement" within Number 10. Most of Sue Gray's findings haven't been published because of a separate inquiry by the Metropolitan Police. She's confirmed that police are investigating 12 gatherings - including one in the Downing Street flat on the day the Prime Minister's adviser, Dominic Cummings, resigned. The Prime Minister has apologised to MPs and vowed to "fix" the Downing Street operation - but faced criticism from his own MPs as well as opposition parties.

Victoria Derbyshire - chief news presenter on the 成人快手 News Channel - was outside Number Ten as the story broke - while the 成人快手's Political Correspondent, Nick Eardley was in Central Lobby in the Palace of Westminster gathering reaction after fiery exchanges in the House of Commons. This is 5 Minutes on a Gray Day at Westminster.

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