MPs take no further action as Partygate parliamentary proceedings conclude

Boris Johnson’s allies have avoided being punished over the parliamentary Partygate inquiry after MPs endorsed a report that found they sought to interfere in the process but an attempt to make them face further action failed.

Penny Mordaunt, the House of Commons leader, said she hoped the move would “be the end of this sorry affair” after a three-hour debate that was the culmination of 15 months of Conservative infighting.

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