LONDON: Boris Johnson will not face another formal probe into allegations that he broke COVID-19 lockdown laws at the UK prime minister's country residence, police announced on Tuesday (Jul 4). Officers said in May that they were looking into possible rule-breaking at Chequers involving Johnson, his family
LONDON: Boris Johnson will not face another formal probe into allegations that he broke COVID-19 lockdown laws at the UK prime minister's country residence, police announced on Tuesday .
But in a joint statement, Thames Valley Police and London's Metropolitan Police said the events, alleged to have taken place between June 2020 and May 2021,"do not meet the retrospective criteria for opening an investigation". A parliamentary committee recently concluded that Johnson repeatedly lied to MPs, and was in contempt of parliament, ruling that he would have been suspended for 90 days had he not quit as a lawmaker.
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