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Speaking to Sky News this morning, the security minister, Damian Hinds, admitted to being “shocked to read” the reports of leaving dos held at Downing Street in April last year.
Hinds said he did not know many details of the alleged events as the story has only just broken, but added:
If the details that are in this story turn out to be true, clearly people are going to form their judgement.
I am entirely behind the prime minister and the government, and I think the leadership that the prime minister has shown, particularly through the coronavirus, has been very strong.
