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Partygate: Met facing questions over PM photos
The Metropolitan Police is facing fresh questions over why Boris Johnson was not fined for attending a gathering in Downing Street during lockdown.
It comes after ITV released new pictures showing the PM raising a glass at a leaving do on 13 November 2020.
The police watchdog has been urged to review the Met's handling of the Partygate investigation.
Meanwhile, civil servant Sue Gray's report into No 10 parties is imminent, a Downing Street source said.
The prime minister and the Met are under fresh scrutiny after ITV News published four new photographs on Monday it says were taken at the leaving do for Mr Johnson's communications chief, Lee Cain.
Mr Johnson is pictured toasting colleagues while standing by a table laden with wine bottles and wine glasses.
A second coronavirus lockdown was in place in England at the time the photographs were taken, with indoor gatherings of two or more people banned, except if "reasonably necessary" for work purposes.
The BBC has been told that at least one person who attended the event has received a fixed penalty notice, but Mr Johnson has not. The Met has declined to explain why the prime minister was not fined over the leaving party.
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