Analysis: College of Policing guidance says those interviewed as witnesses or suspects should not usually be named

The names of Boris Johnson’s aides interviewed by detectives investigating parties in Downing Street may not be released because of police policy, even if they are being treated as suspects or issued with fines for breaking the lockdown rules they helped make.

Sue Gray’s report contains minimal details of the parties the Met is investigating, which are among the most serious breaches and most politically controversial.

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