Metropolitan Police chief Cressida Dick has introduced the drive will examine allegations of events held in No 10 throughout Covid restrictions.
The Commissioner mentioned she understood “deep public concern” over the stories of rule-busting occasions held in authorities buildings whereas the overwhelming majority of the general public adopted the foundations.
She instructed the London Meeting’s Police and Crime Committee: “We’ve got a long-established and efficient working relationship with the Cupboard Workplace, who’ve an investigative functionality.
“As you effectively know they’ve been finishing up an investigation over the previous few weeks.
“What I can let you know this morning is that on account of the knowledge supplied by the Cupboard Workplace inquiry workforce and, secondly, my officers’ personal evaluation, I can verify that the Met is now investigating numerous occasions that happened at Downing Avenue and Whitehall within the final two years in relation to potential breaches of Covid-19 rules.”
Her announcement will come as one other extreme blow to the embattled prime minister and can also end result within the senior civil servant Sue Grey delaying the publication of her Whitehall investigation.
She had been anticipated to report again this week, however a minister instructed the Commons in latest weeks {that a} Metropolitan Police investigation may end result within the authorities probe being paused.
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