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Martin Bentham

Downing Street Partygate probe - what happens next?

File photo dated 29/10/2019 of the front door of number 10 Downing Street in London

(Picture: PA Wire)

The first fines are being issued over alleged lockdown-busting parties in Downing Street and Whitehall in a move which will put Boris Johnson's leadership under fresh pressure.

The Metropolitan Police said on Tuesday that investigators will begin to refer the notices to the ACRO Criminal Records Office, which would be responsible for issuing the penalties.

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