Sajid Javid pulls out of interviews amid anger over footage of aides joking about party during lockdown
- Pressure on Johnson over No 10 Christmas party – politics live
Sajid Javid, the health secretary, pulled out of Wednesday morning’s broadcast interviews after a video emerged showing No 10 aides laughing about a Christmas party during Covid restrictions, as the government faced a furious Tory and public backlash against their behaviour.
No ministers were available to be interviewed on the BBC, Sky, ITV and other outlets, despite Javid having been due to appear for the one-year anniversary of the vaccination campaign.
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