Sue Gray 'could publish anonymised photos' of Downing Street partying in bombshell report

Boris Johnson has advised he will not block a bombshell report into Downing Road’s Partygate disaster from naming and shaming senior figures – probably together with himself.

Senior civil servant Sue Grey is predicted to launch her much-anticipated findings subsequent week, with experiences suggesting she needs to call a few of the worst offenders.

She can also be analyzing the opportunity of publishing a few of the greater than 500 photos handed in exhibiting individuals and actions at a few of the occasions that passed off.  

The Prime Minister confirmed at this time that he wouldn’t search to redact any names which are put in it.   

Requested throughout a go to to Powys, Wales, the Prime Minister mentioned: ‘That will probably be completely as much as Sue Grey and I will be wanting ahead very a lot to seeing what she has to say and, fingers crossed, that will probably be fairly quickly subsequent week.’

Nevertheless, the senior civil servant’s makes an attempt to finalise the report are being hindered by Scotland Yard’s refusal to determine the 83 individuals who obtained 126 fines between them.

Ms Grey needs to level the finger at greater than a dozen officers for 16 occasions throughout Whitehall however has struggled to cope with the Met Police’s secrecy.

One former minister who has been essential of Mr Johnson previously advised MailOnline it was attainable Ms Grey would do a ‘kamikaze job’.

However the MP mentioned it was extra probably she is going to shrink back from direct criticism of the PM – with the primary risk now being the looming Privileges Committee probe.

‘Sue Grey is a profession civil servant… I believe if she does criticise him it will not be too trenchant.

‘I believe that she reads the runes. She is aware of that Boris’s greatest downside is the Committee on Privileges and never her.

‘If he’s going to be hanged I believe she would like him to be hanged by the committee.’

Among the most damaging revelations will embody how a celebration within the Cupboard Workplace ended with a boozy battle. Sources final evening mentioned a variety of the findings would make individuals assume ‘Oh Lord!’ as a result of they’d been stored secret till now. 

Sue Grey (pictured) has demanded the Partygate scandal ringleaders are named in her long-awaited report on No 10 lockdown gatherings

Prime minister Boris Johnson is seen strolling previous a Metropolitan Police Van from the Tory Social gathering Head Quarters again to Downing Road, Central London

Elements of Sue Grey’s long-awaited report into the No 10 events will provoke an ‘Oh Lord!’ response when it’s printed subsequent week, sources claimed 

Whitehall insiders mentioned Miss Grey was nonetheless ‘weighing up’ whether or not to publish a few of the greater than 300 images she gathered throughout her investigation, together with some taken by No 10’s official photographer

Sources with data of the discussions advised the Telegraph she was in discussions with the Civil Service human assets, authorized groups and unions to see how a lot she will be able to assign blame to people. 

They added she was anxious she would face strain to maintain some names from the general public.

Downing Road at this time mentioned the choice on whether or not to call individuals concerned in Downing Road and Whitehall lockdown events will relaxation solely along with her. 

A spokesman for the Prime Minister advised reporters: ‘Sue Grey is compiling the report independently and the way she does that, and the contents of it, and what’s introduced is completely a matter for her.’

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab at this time mentioned there needs to be ‘transparency’ about any ministers who’ve been fined.

Requested if Downing Road was attempting to stop the senior civil servant from publishing particular person names in her report into social occasions at Downing Road throughout pandemic lockdown restrictions, Mr Raab advised BBC Breakfast that that was a matter for the police and Ms Grey.

‘I believe that these are issues, who’s recognized, for Sue Grey and the Met’, he mentioned.

‘What we have now mentioned is that it is proper that if there is a minister who has been fined, in fact there must be transparency round that. I believe that is proper.’

It’s understood that the report, which is more than likely to be printed on both Tuesday or Wednesday, will probably be as much as 36 pages lengthy. 

Nevertheless, a supply mentioned Miss Grey’s report wouldn’t be as damning as a few of Mr Johnson’s fiercest critics are hoping. 

Whitehall insiders mentioned Miss Grey was nonetheless ‘weighing up’ whether or not to publish a few of the greater than 300 images she gathered throughout her investigation, together with some taken by No 10’s official photographer.

A former director of public prosecutions at this time mentioned the general public ‘stay very a lot at nighttime’ concerning the particulars of Partygate.

Requested about junior employees being fined for incidents which the Prime Minister was not fined for, Lord Macdonald advised BBC Radio 4’s At this time programme: ‘I believe with out the police offering an evidence for that it’s extremely troublesome for us to grasp why they got here to the conclusions that they did.’

He mentioned it was not identified why the Prime Minister was fined for being at one celebration, however not others, or why Cupboard Secretary Simon Case was not fined.

‘We do not know who these persons are, and I do really feel for the junior civil servants and I fairly see why they’d be distressed by their names being given, however there is a wider public curiosity right here.

‘This was a significant scandal on the coronary heart of Authorities, on the coronary heart of the civil service, and we stay very a lot at nighttime about who was concerned, who organised the events, and who was accountable.

‘In fact the Prime Minister and the top of the civil service are finally accountable, however there plainly had been different individuals as effectively who had been concerned on this and we merely do not know who they’re, and I believe that is not ok.’

It’s understood that Miss Grey will current a factual account of all of the gatherings reminiscent of how many individuals attended and what occurred. She appeared into 12 occasions investigated by the police, in addition to 4 others. 

The Whitehall mandarin may also increase on feedback made in her interim report earlier this 12 months when she discovered ‘failures of management and judgment by totally different elements of No10 and the Cupboard Workplace’. 

Miss Grey was prevented from publishing her full findings when Scotland Yard launched its personal investigation in January. 

She is predicted to seek the advice of legal professionals and human assets managers as she makes last tweaks this weekend. 

No 10 has dedicated to publishing it in full quickly after it has been accomplished and Boris Johnson will give a press release to the Commons. 

Miss Grey and her Cupboard Workplace staff have interviewed greater than 70 individuals together with the Prime Minister as a part of her inquiry, in addition to analyzing emails, WhatsApp messages and textual content messages. 

She was compelled to publish in January a scaled-down model of her report into what occurred after the police requested her to make solely ‘minimal reference’ to the gatherings it’s investigating. 

The Prime Minister ordered the inquiry in December after a video emerged of Downing Road workers joking a few rule-breaking celebration. 

He requested Cupboard Secretary Simon Case to ‘set up all of the information’ concerning the occasion, however Mr Case was compelled to face down from main the probe after simply ten days when it emerged a gathering was held in his personal workplace. 

Downing Road backyard celebration attended by Mr Johnson, his then fiancee Carrie Symonds and workers

He was changed by Miss Grey. The inquiry was later widened to incorporate different occasions reminiscent of a No10 digital Christmas quiz, leaving-dos for a number of aides and a festive bash on the Division for Schooling. 

The phrases of reference for the inquiry state that its ‘major goal’ was to ‘set up swiftly a basic understanding of the character of the gatherings, together with attendance, the setting and the aim, with regards to adherence to the steering in place on the time’. 

Miss Grey developed a fearsome popularity amongst ministers and officers in her former job as head of the ethics staff within the Cupboard Workplace. 

She handled complaints towards ministers that successfully ended the ministerial careers of Damian Inexperienced and Andrew Mitchell. 

Other than a short profession break – to run a pub in Newry, Northern Eire – she has labored in Whitehall for greater than 20 years. 

Former minister David Legal guidelines mentioned beforehand: ‘It took me exactly two years earlier than I realised lastly who it’s that runs Britain. Our nice United Kingdom is definitely completely run by a woman known as Sue Grey. Except she agrees, issues simply do not occur.’