EXCLUSIVE | HR experts reveal how THEY would conduct a Downing Street party investigation

The much-anticipated Sue Gray report into alleged Downing Street parties during lockdown was published yesterday, and although the ongoing investigation means few details have actually been revealed, the findings have presented some key legal and work culture takeaway for HR.

Sue Gray declared in her heavily summarised report that there had been "failures of leadership and judgement" which were “difficult to justify”, as well as excessive drinking described as “not appropriate in a professional workplace at any time".