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The Met did not receive any complaints about the Christmas party.
There were no complaints about the alleged Downing Street Christmas party last year.
It was after the Labour deputy leader asked Simon Case if he was going to call in the police over the allegations that parties were held despite Covid restrictions.
Dick said that she is not aware of any complaints.
She told the caller that they had not had any complaints and that she couldn't comment on what happened.
She said she would read a letter if she received it.
This is the Met. We are professional. We are not biased. We act without fear. We follow the evidence. That is what we do.
The prime minister gave a speech at a packed leaving party when the country was in a state of emergency last year and his team held another party days before Christmas, according to the Daily Mirror.
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The residents of the care home have yet to receive the booster shot.
The government promised that care home residents would be offered a booster shot by the start of November, but only one in four have received it.
According to the Telegraph, only a small number of care home residents have received a booster dose.
Boris Johnson claimed at a press conference that 80% of eligible people in care homes had received a booster, but charities claimed the new data raises questions over the prime minister's claim.
The figures are providing further cause for concern, according to the head of policy at Alzheimer's Society.
The Prime Minister announced on November 15 that 80 per cent of eligible older people in care homes had received a booster, and it was clear that last month's data did not provide an accurate picture of what was really happening.
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The promise to give jabs to all people living in care homes by November 1 is long-awaited. We are left wondering if the vaccination drive in care homes has ground to a halt to make way for lower risk groups before the Government has met its promise to the most vulnerable.
Some residents may have died since having their earlier vaccines, and some may have been delayed by the norovirus, according to the Telegraph.
It was updated at 5.57am.
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The prime minister had called on the government to go ahead with Christmas parties.
Multiple government departments call off festive celebrations as the Times reports.
The business department decided against having a staff Christmas party and the education department decided against holding a talent show.
It comes despite calls from senior government figures, including Boris Johnson and Sajid Javid, who have said the health department will not have a big party.
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The Conservative Christmas party will not be canceled.
It was updated at 5.20am.
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Britons were told to keep calm and carry on with their Christmas plans.
Despite the UK recording its highest cases since July, Britons were urged to keep calm and carry on with their Christmas plans.
The Conservative party chair said that people should keep going to pubs and restaurants as he claimed that the government has taken sufficient action against the new Omicron variant.
He told Sky News this morning that the message to people was to keep calm and carry on with their Christmas plans. We have put the necessary restrictions in place, but keep calm and carry on.
The UK has recorded 42 Omicron cases so far and yesterday reported its highest daily cases since July with 53,955 cases and 141 deaths.
The Conservative party chair is on Good Morning Britain. The image is from ITV/REX/Shutterstock.
The prime minister said in an interview that people should not be cancelling Christmas parties. He said in the interview that the most important thing was that people follow the guidance. People should not be cancelling things. There is no need for that. It is not what we are saying.
The government has responded to the new variant by introducing face mask requirements and tighter self-isolation rules.
The government is not discouraging people from going out, as was claimed by the government.
He said that the advice around going to the pub, restaurants and so on has not changed.
Most pubs and restaurants have been doing very well this season and we are not discouraging people to do so.
He said he was confident that this Christmas would be better than last, but he urged people to get a Covid booster when they are eligible.
He said something.
Professor Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance, the chief medical officer and chief scientific adviser, attended the cabinet meeting when we discussed this earlier this week.
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It was updated at 4.36am.
