5 Live News Specials - PMQs: PM apologises over attending lockdown party

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Boris Johnson admits - for the first time - that he attended a drinks party at No 10 during the first lockdown.

Speaking at PMQs, he offered a "heartfelt apology" but said he had believed it to be a work event.

Naga Munchetty hears reaction from BBC parliamentary correspondent Alicia McCarthy, Conservative writer and commentator Jo-Anne Nadler and 5 Live callers.

First broadcast at 12:00 on Naga Munchetty's BBC Radio 5 Live show on 12 January 2022.

Published on Wednesday, 12th January 2022.

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