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re: BORIS Sleeze: Champagne Party Night Before Brits Hit by Tax & Bills Bombshell
Partygate: Met Police to Issue First Fines -Arrests Expected
The first fines for breaches of Covid-19 lockdown rules as part of a police inquiry into government parties will be issued soon, the BBC has been told.
BBC News 29 MAR 2022.
The Metropolitan Police will issue at least 15 fixed-penalty fines initially and could start on Tuesday, Westminster sources suggest.
The investigation of 12 events held across government began in January.
It came after an internal inquiry passed information to the force. The Guardian said fines were "imminent".
Downing Street and the Met have not commented, but government sources told the BBC officers could be about to begin issuing the fines.
For months, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government were dogged by reports of staff parties in Downing Street when Covid restrictions were in place.
Several Conservative MPs had called for Mr Johnson to resign over the parties, but some have changed their stance in recent weeks since the war in Ukraine started.
Education Minister Will Quince told Radio 4's Today programme the "events that took place shouldn't have happened" and added that there had been "considerable change" in Downing Street since the revelations of lockdown events.
Don't Forget How Much Trouble The PM Was In....
Quite rightly, the WAR in Ukraine has been sucking up much of the government's and Parliament's focus in recent weeks.
That has released one form of pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson - and replaced it with another more serious in nature as he, together with allies, try to cope with a grave conflict.
But don't forget how much trouble Mr Johnson and his team were in, over multiple allegations of breaking the Covid-19 regulations they themselves set.
Even the minimalist version of the official Whitehall report into what went on was scathing.
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