UK’s Johnson to Be Fined for Lockdown-Breaching Downing Street Parties

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a joint press conference with Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz inside the Downing Street briefing room following a bilateral meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on April 8, 2022. Ben Stansall /Pool/AFP via Getty Images

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak have been told that they'll be fined over parties held at Downing Street during the COVID-19 pandemic in violation of lockdown rules.

“The prime minister and chancellor of the Exchequer have today received notification that the Metropolitan Police intend to issue them with fixed penalty notices,” a spokeswoman for No. 10 Downing Street said on April 12.