Boris Johnson has said he regrets apologising for the so-called partygate scandal over lockdown-era gatherings in Downing Street in a new interview. In the grilling set to be aired on ITV in full tonight,

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he regrets apologising for the so-called Partygate scandal over lockdown-era gatherings in Downing Street. Mr Johnson, who is promoting his memoirs, used an ITV interview to say that his apology had “inadvertently validated the entire corpus” as accusations were also levelled at officials who were “working very hard”.