Partygate news – live: Boris Johnson branded ‘not fit to lead’ as fines issued over No 10 Covid rule breaches
The Metropolitan Police has announced it is issuing the first 20 fines for people attending Covid-19 lockdown-breaking parties across Downing Street and Whitehall.
Twelve events are being investigated between May 2020 and April 2021, six of which the Prime Minister is alleged to have attended.
In a statement, Scotland Yard said that cases were being referred today to the ACRO Criminal Records Office, which will have responsibility for issuing fixed penalty notices, which are set at £100 for the first offence.
Although 20 fixed penalty notices (FPNs) will be handed out at first, more are expected to follow. The Met Police has declined to name any of the individuals involved.
Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner said the Prime Minister should resign if he is fined today for the partygate scandal.
“If the Prime Minister is fined because he has broken his own rules then I think his position is untenable,” she said.
Echoing Ms Rayner, Labour MP Chris Bryant said Boris Johnson “is not fit to lead us”.
