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Lockdown parties investigator not expected to be told which civil servants or politicians have received penalty notices

Met police send out penalty notices to those it has ‘reasonable belief’ attended gatherings at No 10

‘They’ve broken the regulations that were set in the Covid Act,’ Anne-Marie Trevelyan says

An initial 20 fixed penalty notices have been issued as a result of the Metropolitan Police investigation into Downing Street and Whitehall parties.

‘You’re pretty much toast, aren’t you?’: Calls for Boris Johnson to resign over ‘criminality’ in Downing Street

No 10 says only PM and cabinet secretary would reveal if they are handed fixed penalty notice

Analysis: Scotland Yard issuing fixed-penalty notices will only revive doubts in PM’s leadership among Tory backbenchers

The force’s confirmation that it believes laws were broken at the heart of Government is likely to reignite the debate over the PM’s leadership.

An initial 20 fines have been by the Metropolitan Police over the gatherings held in Downing Street over lockdown, with the force saying that there was still a “significant amount” of evidence to be analsyed. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is not among the recipients of a fine, his spokesperson confirmed,…