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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Woodcock and Lizzie Dearden

Boris Johnson facing calls for resignation as police confirm 20 fines in Partygate scandal

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Boris Johnson is facing calls for his resignation, after police confirmed that fixed penalty notices are to be issued in at least 20 cases during Covid lockdown law-breaking at parties in Downing Street and Whitehall.

Downing Street denied that the imposition of fines of at least £100 amounted to proof that Mr Johnson misled parliament when he told the Commons last December that “all guidance was followed completely” in No 10.

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