A Hackney woman was fined £12,000 for having a birthday party the day after the No 10 parties
Around 40 people joined Vianna McKenzie-Bramble, 28, for an outdoor birthday party on an estate in Hackney, east London, on April 17 2021. In September she was ordered to pay a £12,000 fine within 28 days at a closed courtroom hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
At the time, Government guidance said: "You must not socialise indoors except with your household or support bubble. You can meet outdoors, including in gardens, in groups of six people or two households." "On this day in particular it was the funeral of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip."The country is in mourning and only limited members of his close family were able to attend the ceremony.
But on the eve of the funeral, advisers and civil servants gathered after work for two separate parties in Downing Street, it has emerged.
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