UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson & Chancellor Rishi Sunak To Be Fined For Breaking Lockdown Laws

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Johnson’s wife Carrie are all set to be fined by the London Metropolitan Police for breaking lockdown rules in the UK in 2020 and 2021.While it’s still unclear how much the parties will be charged, officials confirmed on Tuesday that the three had received notification of fines from the police in light of an ongoing investigation into illegal parties that were being held at the PM’s residence at No.

10 Downing Street and in Whitehall when the UK was under strict Covid-19 lockdown rules.Both Johnson and his wife as well as Sunak were said to have attended a number of these parties and the three of them were reported to be at the same gathering for the PM’s birthday in June 2020.The London Metropolitan Police has said that more than 50 government ministers and officials are expected to be fined as a result of the investigation into lockdown breaches.

The investigation, which is officially deemed as Operation Hillman, is being labelled by the media as “Partygate.”A Downing Street spokesman said: “The Prime Minster and Chancellor have today received notification that the Metropolitan police intend to issue them with fixed penalty notices.”While the amount of each fine is yet unknown, it is also unclear which particular lockdown breach each individual was being fined for.A number of people have called for PM to resign, including members of his own Conservative government.

While many of those Conservative MPs have changed their tack since Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine in late February, opposing parties continue to question Johnson and Sunak’s leadership abilities.Keir Starmer, leader of the opposing Labour Party said that Johnson and Sunak