The “toxic mix” of late nights and drinking culture in Westminster leads to “behavioural challenges” a Government minister said on Thursday after a Tory MP was accused of watching pornography in the Commons.An independent investigation could be launched into claims a Conservative MP was seen looking at explicit material on his phone by two female colleagues.
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Pressure is growing on Number 10 to explain a meeting between Sue Gray and Boris Johnson as it emerged an unnamed Downing Street official suggested the pair get together. Opposition MPs have demanded more details about the event, which took place some weeks ago and was made public last night by Sky News. Downing Street sources issued a statement which said the meeting had not been ordered by the PM personally.
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Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi says he doesn’t know who arranged the meeting between Boris Johnson and Nadhim Zahawi last week and that he trusts Sue Gray to issue her report with the “highest level of professionalism and integrity” and that she won’t “pull her punches”. .
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Nadhim Zahawi clashed with BBC’s Joanne Coburn over the importance of knowing who called the meeting between the Prime Minister and the senior civil servant Sue Gray, ahead of the publishing of her report into the law-breaking parties at Number 10 and in Whitehall during the pandemic. Mr Zahawi said he has not asked No 10 who called the meeting between Boris Johnson and Sue Gray over the partygate report because he does not deem it necessary. Asked if he had called Downing Street for clarification over the matter, the Education Secretary told the BBC’s Sunday Morning programme: “I don’t need to because I don’t believe that having a meeting with your senior civil servant is material to the outcome. That civil servant is independent in their investigation and has the highest level of professionalism and integrity.”
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