UK Police Face Criticism for Pausing Updates on Fines Over Downing Street Parties During Lockdown

UK Police Face Criticism for Pausing Updates on Fines Over Downing Street Parties During Lockdown
A general view of Scotland Yard in London, on Sept. 25, 2020. Hollie Adams/Getty Images
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The Metropolitan Police of London has been criticised for pausing updates on penalty notices over breaches of COVID-19 lockdown rules inside Downing Street and other UK government departments in the run-up to the May local elections.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, his wife Carrie, and Chancellor Rishi Sunak were issued “fixed penalty notices” by the Metropolitan Police last week for attending a birthday gathering for the prime minister at No. 10 Downing Street in June 2020, in violation of lockdown restrictions during the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic.