British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Chancellor Rishi Sunak will be fined over the “partygate” scandal for breaching COVID-19 pandemic lockdown rules following allegations that the government flouted its own pandemic restrictions.
Downing Street confirmed that the two senior-most UK government officials had received notification from the Metropolitan Police that they would be given “fixed penalty notices”. Boris Johnson has already been forced to issue an apology over the scandal in Parliament and promised a further statement in the House of Commons at the conclusion of the police investigation.
The Opposition Labour Party immediately demanded the resignation of both Johnson
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