Partygate: Hancock says 'it's time to look forward'

The former Health Secretary has defended the PM over alleged parties at Downing Street during lockdown.

Speaking to Sky News Matt Hancock said that the "PM had apologised and that now was not the time to be thinking about changing Prime Minister."

Boris Johnson is facing renewed calls to stand down, after Scotland Yard said 20 fixed penalty notices are being issued over lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street and Whitehall.

It's not yet clear if he is one of the people now being sent a fixed penalty, and the former Health Secretary was reticent to say whether he saw being given a fixed penalty fine, as breaking the law.

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