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Radio 5 Live,12 Jan 2022,61 mins
PMQs: PM apologises over attending lockdown party
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Boris Johnson admits - for the first time - that he attended a drinks party at No 10 during the first lockdown. Speaking at PMQs, he offered a "heartfelt apology" but said he had believed it to be a work event. Naga Munchetty hears reaction from BBC parliamentary correspondent Alicia McCarthy, Conservative writer and commentator Jo-Anne Nadler and 5 Live callers. First broadcast at 12:00 on Naga Munchetty's BBC Radio 5 Live show on 12 January 2022.
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