#Tim dillon australia lockdown update

#Tim dillon australia lockdown update

At the time, gatherings of two people or more indoors were prohibited, with the exception of those “reasonably necessary … for work purposes”.Ī Foreign Office spokesperson said: “It would not be appropriate to comment while a Metropolitan police investigation is ongoing.” No 10 declined to comment.Īlthough Johnson initially declined to commit to publishing Gray’s full report when Scotland Yard concludes its inquiry, No 10 backtracked later that day and confirmed the prime minister would ask Gray “to update her work in light of what is found” and committed to “publish that update”.īoris Johnson, pictured during a visit to Ukraine on Tuesday, reportedly stayed at the leaving do for around five minutes. Hannah Young was Johnson’s lead official on home affairs policy and moved last year to become deputy consul general at the British Consulate General in New York.Ī government insider suggested the gathering was at the more serious end of the spectrum of events investigated by Gray, a senior civil servant. Sources also said another gathering identified by Gray – on 18 June 2020 in the Cabinet Office – was in honour of a No 10 official who moved to become a senior diplomat in the US. No 10 did not deny reports in the Daily Telegraph that the prime minister was seen going up to the flat on the night in question, where Abba songs including The Winner Takes It All were apparently played. It is not known whether he was present at two alleged Downing Street gatherings on 13 November, the day his aide Dominic Cummings quit, including one in the private flat of Boris and Carrie Johnson. He also attended a “bring your own booze” party on and a 56th birthday celebration on 19 June that year. The revelation places Johnson at another event under investigation by Scotland Yard. The previous month, the prime minister had effectively cancelled Christmas for millions of people amid surging Covid cases. Prosecco is alleged to have been drunk by some staff, with Johnson understood to have given a speech thanking the official for their work and staying for around five minutes.Įngland’s third national Covid lockdown came into force just over a week earlier, on 6 January, with a “stay at home” order banning people from leaving their home except for a handful of reasons including where it was not possible to work from home.