Ms Josephs said she was not prepared to say who in the Cabinet Office had provided her with the advice
A Cabinet Office investigation into Partygate, initially led by Cabinet Secretary Simon Case and then taken over by Sue Gray, had been launched in December 2021.
“I sought advice from the Cabinet Office and was reminded the investigation was under way and of my duties under the Civil Service code,” she said.When asked what she told colleagues when questions about Partygate from the media came in, Ms Josephs said: “When questions started to arrive and those questions that started to arrive were more general, I sought advice from my previous employer. I thought that was the right thing to do, that was the judgement I made at the time.
When asked if she had misled colleagues, Mr Josephs said: “I did what I thought was the right thing at the time and that was to respect the advice that was given to me. I genuinely thought it was the right thing to do at the time - I see now it wasn’t. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but I didn’t seek to mislead colleagues at any point.”
Asked how close she had come to resigning, Ms Josephs said: “Over the past months I have reflected a lot on what I did and the choices I made and things I might have done differently.
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