TOP TORIES TURN ON BORIS OVER PARTY

POLICE SHOULD BE CALLED IN IF LOCKDOWN RULES BROKEN, SAYS MP | Ministers keep heads down amid MPs' fury over party

- Nicholas Cecil, David Bond, Martin Bentham and John Dunne

BORIS JOHNSON faced fury from Tory MPs today over a “Christmas party” at No 10 while London was in Tier 3 lockdown last year — with one saying the police should be called in to investigate.

They vented their anger ahead of Prime Minister’s Questions after a video emerged of one of Mr Johnson’s senior communications chiefs seemingly joking about the alleged party during a mock press briefing.

Families who have lost loved ones in the pandemic demanded an apology from Mr Johnson over the gathering on December 18, a day when 514 people died within 28 days of getting Covid.

In an apparent sign of the scale of the crisis hitting Downing Street, Health Secretary Sajid Javid pulled out of a media round this morning, though there were also reports that the Government was about to order Plan B Covid restrictions.

Mr Javid was one of the ministers who dismissed reports of a Christmas Party at No 10, saying last week: “I don’t think there is anything there.”

As ministers went to ground today, Matthew Offord, Conservative MP for Hendon, said: “It’s horrendous that there were rumours of a party and now a video has emerged that appears to confirm that one did take place.”

He added: “If the allegation is that lockdown/Tier 3 was broken, then the police should investigate.”