Exclusive: Boris Johnson joked to staff “this is the most unsocially distanced party in the UK right now” during a boozy Number 10 leaving do, ITV News has revealed in an explosive new podcast, Partygate: The Inside Story.
"I heard the PM speaking and that's when I heard the quote 'this is the most unsocially distanced party in the UK right now' and everyone was laughing about it."
For the first time, hear our (actor-voiced) source describe the moment in their own words... itv.com/news/2023-01-1…
Sources also reveal on Partygate: The Inside Story staff in Number 10 destroyed evidence and "started shredding things" before being investigated over Downing Street's lockdown-breaching parties.
In an exclusive interview with @itvnews, transgender cyclist Emily Bridges tells @stevescott_itv she had 'physical threats' made against her after Prime Minister @BorisJohnson voiced his opinion on the place of trans women in sport itv.com/news/2022-06-0…
@stevescott_itv@BorisJohnson "I don't want special treatment from anyone, I just want the same opportunities as my fellow female athletes"
Transgender cyclist Emily Bridges answers criticism from those who say she shouldn't be competing in women's events itv.com/news/2022-06-0…
Emily Bridges tells people campaigning against her participation in women's competitions that she is fighting the same fight against "patriarchal structures and attitudes" itv.com/news/2022-06-0…
Revealed: Some of the UK’s most popular dairy products, including Cadbury’s chocolate, Anchor and Clover butter, Cravendale milk and Cathedral City cheddar, are being linked to destroying the Brazilian rainforest.
The Cerrado forest in Brazil is being destroyed to make soya, which is used to feed farm animals. The milk from these cattle is then sold to big manufacturers including Cadbury, Arla and Saputo.
Mark Carney, the UN’s Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance and former Bank of England governor, tells ITV News some of the world’s biggest banks need to do more to demonstrate they are committed to tackling global warming itv.com/news/2021-06-2…
‘These are the types of actions that have to be stopped, they have to be eliminated.’
Mark Carney responds to ITV News' investigation which revealed Amazon is destroying millions of items of unsold stock every year #AmazonWasteitv.com/news/2021-06-2…
The pandemic has put a huge strain on the government’s finances but, as the economy recovers, Mark Carney says there should be a willingness to continue to borrow and run deficits to fund the investment necessary to tackle climate change itv.com/news/2021-06-2…
"It could've gone on 10 days and I'd be getting on with my life now, but it didn't - it went the other way": Rob Orton, who has been in hospital for six months after getting Covid, says he is "lucky to be alive"
"It's changed our whole future": Rob Orton's wife Coleen describes what it was like to tell her children their dad could die after becoming seriously ill with Covid-19