Sky News
The government could spend more than £222,000 of public money on legal advice for Boris Johnson as he faces an investigation into whether he deliberately misled parliament over what he knew about partygate, a senior civil servant has confirmed. The Privileges Committee is looking into the former prime minister after his repeated denials to the Commons about lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street, which later were proved to have taken place over the pandemic. Mr Johnson, his wife Carrie and then-Chancellor Rishi Sunak were among those fined by the police for taking part, with a total of 126 fixed penalty notices issued, covering at least eight events.