UK Government Denies Downing Street Garden Gathering Broke Lockdown Rules

UK Government Denies Downing Street Garden Gathering Broke Lockdown Rules
Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street, London, on Aug. 18, 2021. Stefan Rousseau/PA
Alexander Zhang
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The UK government has denied new allegations of lockdown breaches after a photo emerged showing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, his wife, and staff in the Downing Street garden during the first national lockdown.

The photo, obtained by The Guardian, showed Johnson, his then-fiancee Carrie, and 17 staff members in the garden on May 15, 2020, with bottles of wine and a cheeseboard on a table in front of the prime minister.