Breaking: Police recommend 20 fines should initially be issued over Downing Street parties that breached lockdown.
In a statement they said: "We are making every effort to progress this investigation at speed and have completed a number of assessments."
He later apologised for attending a drinks party in the Downing Street garden in May 2020, but insisted that he believed it was a work event. Fixed penalty notices for breaching Covid regulations do not lead to a criminal record - they're a low-level sanction - the equivalent of a minor speeding offence - to divert people from the courts.
If someone doesn't pay an FPN, then it becomes more serious. The notice will be referred to the courts. In the worst case scenario, a magistrate could issue a warrant for someone to be arrested and hauled before them for non-payment.
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