UK's Truss says we now need to move on after parties uproar

"We are very clear that there were real mistakes made," Truss told broadcasters. "But I do think that we need to look at the overall position we're in as a country, the fact that he has delivered Brexit, that we are recovering from COVID...He has apologised.

British foreign minister Liz Truss said on Friday that "real mistakes" were made when parties were held during lockdown at Downing Street, one of which Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he attended himself, but it was time to move on. "We are very clear that there were real mistakes made," Truss told broadcasters.

"But I do think that we need to look at the overall position we're in as a country, the fact that he has delivered Brexit, that we are recovering from COVID...He has apologized. I think we now need to move on and talk about how we are going to sort out issues."