Boris Johnson Partygate report: Key findings at a glance

The long-anticipated study by MPs into whether Boris Johnson misled Parliament implicit Covid lockdown parties successful No 10 is yet out.

The report by the seven-member privileges committee followed a year-long probe and runs to astir 30,000 words.

The erstwhile premier curate stood down arsenic an MP past week aft receiving an beforehand copy, angrily accusing the committee of bias.

Here are the cardinal findings.

The committee was asked to determine whether Mr Johnson committed a "contempt" of Parliament erstwhile helium said successful the Commons, aft the Partygate ungraded emerged, that Covid rules were followed astatine each times successful No 10.

They recovered that helium did, successful respective ways:

The question of the erstwhile premier minister's intentions was 1 of the cardinal aspects of the inquiry.

He had already admitted MPs were misled by his archetypal statements, but helium says helium believed them to beryllium existent astatine the time, and they were based connected assurances helium had received.

However, the study recovered helium was "deliberately closing his mind" astir a deficiency of effort wrong Downing Street to enforce societal distancing.

And it recovered helium had made "after-the-event rationalisations" astir the proposal helium had received.

One cardinal spot of grounds came from Martin Reynolds, his erstwhile main backstage secretary, a civilian servant.

He told the enquiry that, portion preparing for a league of Prime Minister's Questions successful December 2021, helium had questioned whether it was "realistic" for Mr Johnson to accidental rules had ever been followed.

Mr Johnson besides said he'd been fixed assurances by his media advisers that rules were followed.

But the committee said this advice, fixed successful effect to property stories, should not person been utilized to marque wide statements astir rules being followed astatine each times.

The study said helium should person obtained an "authoritative assessment" earlier saying this, for illustration by consulting authorities lawyers.

The study revealed that, earlier Mr Johnson announced helium was lasting down, it wanted to urge suspending him from the Commons for much than 10 days.

This would person meant helium would perchance person faced a by-election successful his Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency.

But suspending him is nary longer an option, fixed that he's already stood down arsenic an MP successful his blistering resignation connection past week.

However, the study says that now, fixed what he's said astir the committee, they would person recommended a prohibition of 90 days - an highly agelong prohibition by the standards of caller years.

And it says helium should not get a parliamentary pass, which erstwhile MPs would usually beryllium capable to use for.

Perhaps the top punishment successful the report, ultimately, volition beryllium the harm it does to his estimation among Conservative MPs - and what it means for his prospects of immoderate aboriginal governmental comeback.