Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has said he does not know who requested a meeting between the prime minister and Sue Gray over her partygate report, but is confident there was 'no way' she would allow herself to be influenced by anybody
Partygate report soon to be released
He added:"Let's not create this air of doubt around this process, which has been absolutely robust and rigorous."There's no way she would allow herself to be influenced by anybody." Mr Zahawi went on:"I don't know what's in the report, no-one knows until Sue Gray decides to publish it."She hasn't pulled her punches on the first report and I'm certain she won't be pulling her punches on the second … if I know Sue Gray, she will deliver that report independently."No apology after Met partygate report
Labour's shadow treasury minister Pat McFadden told Ridge:"I've got every faith in Sue Gray's integrity and she is a civil servant of the highest integrity, we don't know the details of that meeting, it's not clear who called it, there's different accounts of that, so it's hard for me to say what was said there.On Thursday,into lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street and Whitehall, and had given out 126 fines for 83 people.
The conclusion of the police investigation cleared the way for Ms Gray's report into the parties to be published in full.
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