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Labour’s Keir Starmer thanked Sue Gray’s professionalism and notes it’s not her fault for not being able to publish her full report.

PM Boris Johnson says “it’s no use saying this or that was within the rules” or that people were working hard.

Boris Johnson begins by apologising “for the things we simply didn’t get right” and “the way this matter has been handled”.

Sue Gray investigated 16 events in Downing Street and other government offices over a 20-month period.

Sue Gray report – Junior staff felt unable to raise concerns

Since the release of the report’s finding – a 12-page summary of her findings – Twitter has exploded!

BBC says in the report, Sue Gray refers to the Met Police’s request that she only make “minimal reference” to the events they are investigating.

Read Sue Gray’s conclusion – the report into the No 10 parties has not yet been published but instead a 15-page conslusion.

The initial findings of Sue Gray’s report into parties at Downing Street has just dropped, saying there were “failures of leadership and judgment” in No 10 and the Cabinet Office.

Sue Gray’s report says there was a “serious failure to observe not just the high standards expected of those working at the heart of Government.”

The government will meet later today to decide on whether to do a major U-turn and scrap mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations for NHS workers in England.

The Guardian says Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, will travel to Moscow on Tuesday in a visit that has drawn criticism from the country’s political opposition.

The Independent says former Brexit minister Lord Frost has ruled himself out of returning to Downing Street over his opposition to the National Insurance hike.

The Guardian says Dominic Cummings has said it is his “duty to get rid” of Boris Johnson as prime minister, describing it as “sort of like fixing the drains”.

France24 says Portugal’s ruling Socialists unexpectedly won an outright majority to govern solo after snap elections on Sunday.

There’s an eclectic mix of stories making Sunday’s front pages – the most popular centre around the PM.

The highly anticipated PMQs kicked off at midday and during a rowdy visit to the Commons, the PM remained defiant, confirming he won’t resign.

The Independent says Donald Trump took a momentary break from a round of golf to claim that he would become the 47th president of the US.

The Guardian says a new raft of Conservative MPs are poised to send letters of no confidence in Boris Johnson when the long-awaited “partygate” report is published.

BBC News says Labour MP Richard Burgon tells the story of a nurse who was fined during lockdown for organising a protest against government cuts.

BBC News says In his final question, Starmer says we have the “shameful” spectacle of the prime minister of the UK being subject to a police investigation.

Keir Starmer says Boris Johnson “went into hiding for five days because of these allegations (of lockdown parties)”.

Starmer says we have the spectacle of a PM under police investigation. And as the cabinet refuse to speak out, they become more complicit.

BBC News says Sir Keir Starmer says that on 1 December the PM told the House all policies were followed in No 10 and points to another comment in the Commons.

The Independent says Cabinet minister Jacob-Rees Mogg has claimed there would have to be a general election if Boris Johnson was ousted by his party.