Speculation rages that top civil servants will be implicated in full Gray partygate report April 5, 2022 Top Whitehall staff are reportedly braced for senior civil servants to be implicated in Sue Gray’s full report into partygate, after the government’s ex-ethics chief was handed a police penalty notice last week. Former head of propriety and ethics in the Cabinet Office Helen MacNamara was given a £50 fine by the Metropolitan Police, after [...]
Partygate scandal: Government’s former ethics chief Helen MacNamara reportedly fined £50 over lockdown bash April 4, 2022 Helen MacNamara, who used to be the deputy cabinet secretary and former ethics chief for the government, is said to be among the first group of people to receive a fixed-penalty notice (FPN) from Scotland Yard as part of its investigation into alleged lockdown-breaching parties in Downing Street and Whitehall. The Daily Telegraph reported that [...]
Boris Johnson has not been given Met police fine over partygate, says Number 10 March 29, 2022 Boris Johnson will not be given one of 20 penalty notices the Metropolitan Police will hand out today over partygate, Number 10 has said. Johnson’s official spokesman told journalists that “we’ve said we will update if” the Prime Minister is found to have broken the law during the Met’s investigation. The Met announced today that [...]
Partygate: Metropolitan Police slap Boris Johnson’s team with 20 fines, more notices expected March 29, 2022 The Metropolitan Police said this morning that investigators will begin to refer 20 notices to the ACRO Criminal Records Office, responsible for issuing fines. The police confirmed twenty fines are set to be issued over alleged lockdown-busting parties held in government buildings. It is expected that further fines could be issued as officers continue to [...]
Patel launches probe into Sadiq Khan’s handling of Cressida Dick resignation from the Met March 28, 2022 Sadiq Khan’s handling of Dame Cressida Dick’s resignation as the Metropolitan Police commissioner is set to be probed by Whitehall, home secretary Priti Patel has announced. Patel today said in a written statement that the “circumstances in which the outgoing [Met] commissioner is leaving her role warrant a closer look at the legislation which governs [...]
Sadiq Khan reveals £1.3bn procurement spend with small London firms March 27, 2022 The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has revealed £1.3bn will be pumped into the capital’s small businesses over the next five years via contracts with a group of major organisations including TfL and NHS London.
‘Major incident’ in Stratford following ‘high quantity of chlorine gas’ released in London Aquatics Centre March 23, 2022 Emergency services are responding to a “major incident” at the London Aquatics Centre in Stratford and are treating “a number of patients” with “breathing difficulties”. The London Fire Brigade said a “high quantity of chlorine gas” was released inside the building in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park due to a “chemical reaction”. The brigade tweeted: [...]
Khan: Met needs change ‘at highest levels’ in wake of damning corruption report March 22, 2022 Sadiq Khan has vowed to change the Metropolitan Police at “the highest levels” in response to a damning report into police corruption, with the mayor putting the force’s leadership on notice. The London mayor said the “Met leadership simply must do more” to combat corruption, while also appearing to blame them for the fact that [...]
Man charged with murder of London university student Sabita Thanwani March 22, 2022 A 22-year-old man has been charged with the murder of student Sabita Thanwani, who was found at City University accommodation in Clerkenwell on Saturday, the Metropolitan police have confirmed today. Maher Maaroufe is due to appear in Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court this morning. Thanwani, 19, was found with “serious neck injuries” early Saturday morning at [...]
Met has sent out 100 questionnaires in its Number 10 ‘partygate’ investigation March 21, 2022 The Metropolitan Police has sent out 100 questionnaires during its ongoing investigation into the Number 10 partygate scandal. The police today said it had been begun interviewing witnesses, however no fixed penalty notices have been given out. Outgoing Met commissioner Cressida Dick launched an investigation into the saga in January, with the police looking into [...]