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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joe Sommerlad

How much has Boris Johnson been fined over rule-breaking Downing Street parties?

Reuters

Boris Johnson is expected to make a “full-throated apology” to MPs on Tuesday after he was fined by the Metropolitan Police for attending a birthday party thrown in his honour during England’s first Covid-19 lockdown.

It is thought the prime minister is unlikely to address any other social events he may or may not have attended at Downing Street or Whitehall between May 2020 and April 2021 during his speech.

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