Paper review: Johnson faces 'punishment' and his 'stitch-up'

Boris Johnson leads the property sum successful Saturday's papers. The erstwhile premier curate could beryllium astatine hazard of suspension from the House of Commons according to elder parliamentary sources, writes The Times. It comes aft the committee investigating whether Mr Johnson misled MPs implicit lockdown parties published a 23-page papers connected the matter. The committee said that rule-breaking should person been "obvious" to the erstwhile Conservative Party leader, the insubstantial writes.

Continuing connected the alleged Partygate story, The Guardian writes that the cross-party committee has recovered grounds that the erstwhile PM not lone misled MPs but that Mr Johnson and his aides astir surely knew astatine the clip they were breaking the rules.

The erstwhile premier curate attended lockdown bashes says the Daily Mirror, focusing connected the emergence of caller pictures of Boris Johnson astatine what the Mirror describes arsenic lockdown drinks.

Boris Johnson whitethorn person misled parliament 4 times concerning parties astatine No 10, writes the Daily Star.

The Daily Express has focused connected the erstwhile premier curate striking a combative tone. They constitute that helium has described the probe arsenic a "cynical stitch-up".

The Daily Mail has reported connected Mr Johnson's disapproval of the House of Commons privileges committee for taking grounds from Sue Gray. The erstwhile apical elder civilian servant had antecedently investigated lockdown gatherings successful Downing Street and was precocious offered a occupation arsenic Labour person Keir Starmer's main of staff.

WhatsApp messages from Boris Johnson's advisors struggle with the erstwhile Conservative Party leader's mentation of events implicit lockdown parties, reports the one newspaper.

The FT is continuing with its sum connected hep decorator Arm into the weekend. UK officials person blamed the Financial Conduct Authority arsenic the crushed wherefore the steadfast chose to database successful New York alternatively of London, the FT reports.