PM must come clean over party - Labourpublished at 08:49 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2022
As we've been reporting, witnesses have told the BBC that Boris Johnson and his wife were among about 30 people who attended the drinks party in the Downing St garden on 20 May 2020. The PM has declined to say if he was there or not.
Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Labour's Ed Miliband says Johnson "cannot spend the next days and weeks hiding behind a Whitehall inquiry" that is looking at a number of reported events, including Christmas parties.
Asked about the May 2020 event, the shadow energy and climate change secretary urges the prime minister to be honest with people.
"He's got to come clean, tell us was he there, and try and justify his actions to people."
Miliband warns the country "cannot have confidence" in someone who "so clearly seems to be engaging in the most appalling double standards" over matters of public health.
The prime minister's position is going to be "very, very difficult" if it emerges that he has "flagrantly" broken Covid regulations, he adds.