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- An initial version of Sue Gray's highly-anticipated report into Downing Street parties during lockdown has been published
- She finds that some lockdown gatherings in government represent a "serious failure" to observe what was asked of the public
- She says there were "failures of leadership and judgment by different parts of No 10 and the Cabinet Office"
- Several gatherings "should not have been allowed to take place or to develop in the way that they did", she adds
- Prime Minister Boris Johnson will address the Commons at 15:30GMT
- The report is seen as preliminary because the Met Police asked for it to make "minimal reference" to events it is investigating
- Senior Tories have joined opposition MPs in demanding the report be published in full
- Gray's findings are crucial for Johnson as they could see Tory MPs force a vote on his leadership
