Live updates as Boris Johnson is set to appear in the Commons for the first time since his partygate fine

Boris Johnson will give a statement to the House of Commons this afternoon for the first time since he was fined by police for attending a lockdown-defying party at Downing Street. It has been reported that he will make a "full-throated apology" to MPs after he was fined by police for attending a birthday bash in breach of Covid rules, but will not address allegations he instigated some events.

Last week the PM was fined by the Metropolitan Police for attending a birthday bash thrown in his honour in the Cabinet room in June, 2020, while coronavirus restrictions were in place. You can read about that here. At the weekend it was reported that he not only attend a leaving party for his former communications chief Lee Cain on November 13, 2020, but instigated it. Downing Street declined to comment on the claims.

As well as addressing MPs in the Chamber Mr Johnson is expected to speak to a meeting of the entire Conservative parliamentary party on Tuesday evening. According to The Telegraph it is also thought Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Commons Speaker, will announce today that he will allow a vote on an investigation into whether the PM misled Parliament with his partygate explanations. However, it would not be expected that any vote would pass as the Conservative party has a majority in the Commons. You can get more politics news and other story updates by subscribing to our newsletters here.

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This morning Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he expected Boris Johnson to "apologise and then excuse himself" in an interview on ITV's Lorraine: "The Prime Minister makes the laws, tells the country to obey