BBC News – Politics
June 27, 2011 by Gordon Patterson
Filed under Politics News
- Partygate: Insiders tell of packed No 10 lockdown parties
Staff describe bins overflowing with bottles, people sitting on each other's laps and colleagues sleeping in the office. - Partygate: How much do new photos matter?
The latest Partygate photos will be uncomfortable for Tory MPs but are unlikely to prompt an ousting of the PM. - Afghanistan: UK's withdrawal a disaster, inquiry concludes
The way the UK left the country last year was a "betrayal" that "likely cost lives", an inquiry has found. - Government borrowing lower than expected in April
One analyst says the figures put pressure on the chancellor to give more support for households. - Downing Street says it instigated Sue Gray meeting about party report
The civil servant is expected to publish her findings on lockdown breaches in government within days.