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Johnson, facing the gravest threat to his premiership over the
alleged lockdown-busting parties at his residence and office at
Number 10 Downing Street, has so far weathered calls from
opponents and some in his own party to resign by saying people
should wait for the report by senior civil servant Sue Gray.
"We can confirm that Sue Gray has provided an update on her
investigations to the Prime Minister," a Cabinet Office
spokesperson said.
London's Metropolitan Police said on Friday they had opened an
investigation into some of the events to assess whether criminal
offences had been committed. They asked for the report to make
only "minimal reference" to those events.
As a result of the police investigation, the document from Gray
is not the full account Johnson would otherwise have received.
The update will be published later on Monday, and Johnson will
also make a statement to parliament at 1530 GMT.
Weeks of media reports about more than a dozen gatherings -
including a "bring your own booze" party in the Downing Street
garden - have provoked widespread public anger, fuelling the
perception that the political elite failed to stick to the tough
lockdown rules they set for the rest of the country.
Asked if he thought he had broken the rules, Johnson said
earlier on Monday: "You're going to have to wait and see the
outcome of the investigations ... but of course I stick
absolutely to what I said in the past."
Johnson has apologised for errors that were made and said he
attended one garden party thinking it was a work event, but has
rejected calls to quit.
Nevertheless, collapsing opinion poll ratings have unnerved
lawmakers in his own party, raising the prospect that they could
trigger a confidence vote in his leadership. Several have
already publicly called for him to quit.
(Editing by Michael Holden, Toby Chopra and Jan Harvey)
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