<p>British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he took responsibility for Covid lockdown breaches at his Downing Street office and corrected a previous statement to parliament that guidance had been followed at all times.</p>.<p>"I take full responsibility for everything that took place on my watch... I have been appalled by some of the behaviour," he told lawmakers on Wednesday, adding he had been unaware of breaches at gatherings for departing staff members.</p>.<p>"My attendance at these moments, brief as it was, has not been found to be outside the rules. But clearly this was not the case for some of those gatherings after I had left and other gatherings when I was not even in the building."</p>.<p>He renewed his apology for attending a daytime gathering on his birthday in June 2020, for which he was issued for a fine by the police.</p>
<p>British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he took responsibility for Covid lockdown breaches at his Downing Street office and corrected a previous statement to parliament that guidance had been followed at all times.</p>.<p>"I take full responsibility for everything that took place on my watch... I have been appalled by some of the behaviour," he told lawmakers on Wednesday, adding he had been unaware of breaches at gatherings for departing staff members.</p>.<p>"My attendance at these moments, brief as it was, has not been found to be outside the rules. But clearly this was not the case for some of those gatherings after I had left and other gatherings when I was not even in the building."</p>.<p>He renewed his apology for attending a daytime gathering on his birthday in June 2020, for which he was issued for a fine by the police.</p>