'If those rules were broken then there will be disciplinary action for those involved.'ĭon't miss the latest news from around Scotland and beyond - Sign up to our daily newsletter here. 'I have asked the Cabinet Secretary to establish all the facts and to report back as soon as possible. 'I have been repeatedly assured since these allegations emerged that there was no party and that no Covid rules were broken.' Speaking during PMQs on Wednesday, the PM said he was 'sickened and furious' at the mock press conference clip, adding: 'I apologise unreservedly for the offence that it has caused up and down the country and I apologise for the impression that it gives. 'But what was avoidable was Downing Street having a cheese and wine night.' 'The way we grieve has been warped by Covid - that was unavoidable. 'It's a moment of closure I will never have and there are so many other people like me that will never have had closure and the opportunity to say a real goodbye to someone they love. She added: 'I'm only 20 and this is something I'm going to think about for the rest of my life. PIP, Universal Credit, State Pension and other DWP benefit payment dates over Christmas and New Year.While the news of the party - first broken by sister paper The Daily Mirror - angered Daisy, it wasn't until video footage of the jokey mock press conference emerged that she became truly incensed.īoris Johnson again insisted no party had taken place at PMQs on Wednesday (Image: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA) Read More Related Articles She said: 'She is the best mum I could have ever asked for.'īut knowing that Whitehall staff held at least one party around the time her mum died has caused fresh pain to Daisy and her family. Once you are there, enter your email address and select Politics and any other Daily Record newsletters that are of interest.ĭaisy remembers her mum as 'the most caring, fun, principled and kind person I've ever known' - a doting woman who prepared for death by writing Christmas and birthday cards for her family to open on those first heartbreaking occasions after she passed away.

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