Boris Johnson calls Sue Gray's findings are 'painful' but says it is now time to 'move on'.
Addressing the Commons, Mr Johnson said he took "full responsibility for everything that took place on my watch", had been "humbled" and learned lessons.
Mr Johnson said he had been "shocked" and "appalled" by some of Ms Gray's findings, especially over the treatment of security and cleaning staff. But the prime minister added that he didn't think, at the time, he'd done anything wrong at the event that led to him being fined by police. A No 10 official sent a message referring to "drunkenness" and advising staff to leave No 10 via the back exit after a December 2020 Christmas quiz to avoid press photographersOne gathering not fully investigated by Ms Gray, was a reported party in the prime minister's flat which she said she wasShe stopped her inquiry into the 13 November 2020 gathering, which took place after the departures of aides Lee Cain and Dominic Cummings, after the police started its investigations.
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