Sue Gray report arrives at Downing Street – follow live

Sue Gray’s report into Covid rule-breaking is around 38-40 pages BBC political editor Chris Mason has claimed.

It comes as the long-awaited report has been handed to No 10 Downing Street.

The findings of the inquiry — first launched in December — will soon be made public, before Boris Johnson addresses MPs in the Commons.

It comes after the Metropolitan Police concluded its own investigation into breaches of the Covid regulations in Downing Street last week, with the force issuing 126 fixed penalty notices.

Average petrol prices have exceeded £1.70 per litre for the first time, new figures show.

The average price of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts on Tuesday was 170.4p, according to data firm Experian Catalist.

Diesel also reached a record high of 181.4p per litre.

Petrol has become around 41p per litre more expensive over the past 12 months, adding around £23 to the cost of filling a typical 55-litre family car.

RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said the price of petrol has reached “another unfortunate landmark”.

“While wholesale prices may have peaked for the time being last week, they are still worryingly high, which means there’s no respite from the record-high pump prices which are so relentlessly contributing to the cost-of-living crisis,” he said.

No 10 has received the long-awaited report by senior civil servant Sue Gray into the Partygate scandal, the Cabinet Office has confirmed.

The findings of the inquiry — first launched in December — will soon be made public, before Boris Johnson addresses MPs in the Commons.

It comes after the Metropolitan Police concluded its own investigation into breaches of the Covid regulations in Downing Street last week, with the force issuing 126 fixed penalty notices.

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The chief executive of energy company SSE has said he does not believe the government will introduce a windfall tax.

The Times and The Daily Telegraph reported this morning that the measures could be introduced in day.

But Alistair Phillips-Davies told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “I don’t think this Government is going to impose a windfall tax on successful sectors that are delivering for the UK and creating jobs and making sure that we avoid these crises in the future by bringing in lower-cost energy from indigenous sources.”

Our politics correspondent Ashley Cowburn reports:

Simon Case will not get sacked or resign over Partygate, it is reported.

The BBC’s politics editor Chris Mason said Mr Case, the cabinet secretary, spoke with Boris Johnson this morning.

Mr Case escaped a fine for attending one of the gatherings investigated by the Metropolitan Police.

He said he briefly “popped” his head into the event but did not participate.

It would be “bizarre” if cabinet secretary Simon Case ends up taking responsibility for Partygate and prime minister Boris Johnson does not, the former head of the Civil Service has said.

Mr Case, who is the current head of the Civil Service, may be in line for criticism in the Sue Gray report.

Lord Kerslake told Times Radio: “I think he should shoulder his share of responsibility.

“It would be bizarre if Simon Case fell on his sword when he didn’t attend the parties and hasn’t been fined and the Prime Minister sails on when he did attend parties and was fined.

“For me it is not relevant how many fines he (Mr Johnson) had – the fact is there was a failure of leadership here.

“I think they are joined at the hip and I can’t see how one takes responsibility and the other doesn’t.”

After five long months of waiting, Sue Gray’s report into Partygate is expected to be published today.

How did we get to this point, why did Johnson say that all rules were followed, and what might happen to the PM once the report is out?

John Rentoul, our chief politics commentator, will be answering all your questions live this afternoon.

Got a question? Pop it in the comments section of the article below and John will do his best to answer as many as possible. He will start responding at 1pm.

Hard copies of Sue Gray’s Partygate report have arrived in Downing Street, it is reported.

No 10 sources told the Daily Mirror that copies of the document landed in the building at around 9am this morning.

No 10 is expected to publish the report later.

Prime ministers are not supposed to mislead parliament, a cabinet minister has said.

George Eustice, the environment secretary, spoke to Sky News earlier ahead of the expected release of Sue Gray’s report into Downing Street lockdown parties.

He refused to be drawn on whether or not Boris Johnson should resign if he is found by the privileges committee to have misled the House of Commons when he told MPs that all rules were followed during lockdown.

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