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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ashley Cowburn

Boris Johnson’s Partygate fine is for ‘ambushed with cake’ birthday event, No 10 confirms

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No 10 has confirmed Boris Johnson’s partygate fine relates to a birthday gathering held for the prime minister while severe Covid restrictions were imposed on the public.

The event, which a Tory MP infamously suggested Mr Johnson had been “ambushed with a cake” at, after it was exposed, was also attended by Rishi Sunak and Carrie Johnson.

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