Every COVID-19 Lockdown Fine Must Be Reviewed: UK Lawmakers

Every COVID-19 Lockdown Fine Must Be Reviewed: UK Lawmakers
Police officers in London, on Sept. 9, 2020. Isabel Infantes/AFP via Getty Images
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Every fine issued under the UK government’s COVID-19 lockdown rules must be reviewed, said a cross-party committee of British lawmakers who called the system “muddled, discriminatory, and unfair.”

In a report published on April 27, the Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights, which is composed of both MPs and peers, set out “significant concerns” over the so-called fixed penalty notices (FPNs).