Boris Johnson’s former close aide has admitted a lockdown party in Downing Street has caused ‘anger and upset’.
It was revealed last night Number 10 staff held a boozy gathering on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral in April 2021.
The event was to say farewell to James Slack, who served as the prime minister’s director of communications and left to become deputy editor at The Sun newspaper.
Now Mr Slack has acknowledged the party took place and apologised, admitting it ‘should not have happened at the time that it did’.
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