More than 50 additional fines have been issued by the Metropolitan Police for violations of Covid restrictions in Downing Street and other government premises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 50 Fixed Penalty Notices were issued last month, including to Boris Johnson, his wife Carrie, and Chancellor Rishi Sunak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This time, neither the Prime Minister nor Mrs Johnson will be penalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest sanctions are understood to be related to Mr Johnson’s absence from a Christmas dinner on December 18, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No. 10 has agreed to make any additional fines levied on the prime minister public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
30 more Downing Street lockout fines have been issued by the Met Police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lockdown parties’ timeline<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When it comes to Downing Street parties, the Covid rules. When Downing Street parties were hosted, the Covid ruled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If Covid lockdown is fine, I’ll quit, says Starmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Johnson is known to have attended at least three of the 12 gatherings under investigation by the Met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The prime minister was asked if he was “shocked” at the degree of law-breaking in No 10 as he came for a special cabinet meeting at a pottery in Staffordshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said, “When the thing is finished, we’ll have something to say about that.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Met said in a statement that the inquiry “remains active.” Additional fines are expected, but no timetable has been provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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