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 in Number 10 Downing Street in June 2020, in violation of lockdown restrictions during the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic.
But the Met said on April 21 it will not provide updates on any further fines over the so-called ‘partygate’ scandal until after the local elections, which are set to be held on May 5.
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