Allegations that the prime minister and his staff flouted restrictions imposed on the country to curb the spread of COVID-19 have caused public anger and calls for Boris Johnson to resign.
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a media briefing on coronavirus in Downing Street, London, Monday, July 5, 2021. LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson is bracing for the conclusions of an investigation into, a document that could help him end weeks of scandal and discontent, or bring his time in office to an abrupt close.
Allegations that the prime minister and his staff flouted restrictions imposed on the country to curb the spread of the coronavirus have caused public anger, led some Conservative lawmakers to call for Johnson’s resignation and triggered intense infighting inside the governing party. London’s Metropolitan Police force said “a number of events” at Johnson’s Downing Street office and other government buildings met the force’s criteria for investigating the “most serious and flagrant” breaches of coronavirus rules.
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