Boris Johnson's future is hanging in the balance as cabinet ministers pleaded with Tory MPs to wait for the findings of an official investigation into Downing Street parties before calling for him to quit.
The UK Prime Minister apologised in the Commons yesterday for attending a "bring your own booze" party in the Downing Street garden in May 2020, during Britain's first coronavirus lockdown.
However, he insisted he believed it was a work event and could "technically" have been within the rules. Mr Johnson's confirmation that he was at the event led to four Tory MPs publicly calling for him to quit, with more privately voicing concerns about his leadership.
The prime minister pulled out of a planned visit to a vaccination centre in Lancashire earlier today where he would have faced questions from the media about his actions, because a family member tested positive for coronavirus.