A report by
senior civil servant Sue Gray into lockdown-breaking gatherings at Downing
Street under Johnson condemned some of the behaviour in government as being
“difficult to justify”.
“I want
to say sorry,” Johnson told parliament. “Sorry for the things we
simply did not get right and sorry for the way that this matter has been
handled.”
Johnson said
the government had to learn from the criticisms raised, and that he would make
changes to his Downing Street operation.
“I get
it and I will fix it,” he said. “And I want to say to the people of
this country. I know what the issue is, it is whether this government can be
trusted to deliver and I say yes we can be trusted, yes we can be trusted to
deliver.”
