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Rishi Sunak admits attending UK PM Boris Johnson's lockdown party

Sunak, 41, insisted that Prime Minister Johnson, who is facing growing calls for his resignation, has his "full support"

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UK's Indian-origin Chancellor Rishi Sunak has admitted to attending Prime Minister Boris Johnson's lockdown birthday party in 2020 but refused to say what happened when he entered the room and claimed that he was there for a meeting to discuss the Covid-19 situation.

His comments came after Johnson's five aides, including longstanding policy chief Munira Mirza, chief of staff Dan Rosenfield, principal private secretary Martin Reynolds and communications director Jack Doyle, resigned from their posts within hours of each other on Thursday.

They stepped down after a damning investigation revealed that multiple parties took place at Downing Street while the

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