UK 'partygate' report blames culture of Johnson's office

must bear responsibility” for a culture that allowed events to take place that “should not have been allowed to happen.”Gray investigated 16 gatherings attended by Johnson and his staff in 2020 and 2021 while people in the U.K. were barred from socializing under coronavirus restrictions imposed by Johnson’s Conservative government.Gray said there had been “failures of leadership and judgment in No. 10,” a reference to the prime minister’s Downing Street office.“Those in the most junior positions attended gatherings at which their seniors were present, or indeed organized,” she said.Johnson plans to address Parliament on the report’s findings later Wednesday.A separate police investigation resulted in 83 people getting hit with fines, including Johnson — making him the first British prime minister ever found to have broken the law while in office.