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Pannick’s advice ‘devastating’ for MPs

Prime minister hits back at Commons privileges committee

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Joshua Rozenberg
Sep 02, 2022
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The Cabinet Office has commissioned legal advice from Lord Pannick QC about the Commons privileges committee inquiry into Boris Johnson's partygate claims, today’s newspapers report.

The Telegraph reported:

Its publication will be “absolutely devastating” for the investigation, a senior government source claimed on Thursday night.

They added that the advi…

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