Boris Johnson promises to 'make changes' in live apology to House of Commons: 'I get it and I will fix it'

Boris Johnson has vowed to make changes based on the Sue Gray report in an apology made to the House of Commons.

He said: "I know what the issue is, I get it and I will fix it. I want to say to the people of this country I know what the issue is.”

Labour MPs shouted back: “You!”

The Prime Minister continued: “It is whether this Government can be trusted to deliver, and I say ‘yes we can be trusted to deliver’.”

He added: “The reason we are coming out of Covid so fast is at least partly because we doubled the speed of the booster rollout and I can tell the House and this country that we are going to bring the same energy and commitment to getting on with the job to delivering for the British people and to our mission to unite and level up across this country.”

He added: "I'm sorry for the things we simply didn’t get right and also sorry for the way that this matter has been handled."

Boris Johnson has said he “accepts Sue Gray’s general findings in full” and “above all her recommendation that we must learn from these events and act now”.

Civil servant Sue Gray has released her report on the Downing Street parties.

"There is significant learning to be drawn from these events which must be addressed immediately across Government. This does not need to wait for the police investigations to be concluded", the report says.

Police are investigating the gathering in the Cabinet Room in No 10 on Boris Johnson’s birthday in 2020, Sue Gray’s update on her inquiry suggests.

Sue Gray said the Downing Street garden was “used for gatherings without clear authorisation or oversight” and “this was not appropriate”.

Sue Gray found that “at least some of the gatherings” she investigated represent “a serious failure to observe not just the high standards expected of those working at the heart of Government but also of the standards expected of the entire British population at the time."