than 500 photographs. it cost nearly £500,000, and ministers sound relieved it s done. the police have decided that it s all over. they ve handed out those fines that they want to hand out. the prime minister s apologised for the birthday cake incident. i m sure he and, frankly, the rest of the country now want to move on to those really big issues the war in ukraine, the cost of living crisis. of those who were fined for parties in these buildings and those close by, 28 people got more than one fixed penalty notice. at least one person got five. the prime minister, his wife and the chancellor were fined once for a gathering here in the cabinet room on boris johnson s birthday injune 2020. a do down there in the number to garden in which people were invited to bring your own booze led to some people being fined, but not the prime minister. there was a downing street christmas party on friday night do you recognise those reports? i went home.
were in force. we do know that boris johnson, his wife carrie and the transfer rishi sunak were given a fixed penalty notices last month. over a birthday party held for the prime minister injune 2020. the ballooning list of party vines means tory mps cannot escape the prime minister wasn t present that this event, this latest event that we are hearing about but it is quite clear that the prime minister has apologised, he has changed a lot of senior staff at downing street. i think that is absolutely what is needed to happen and i m glad that culture shift has happened. this fictional party culture shift has happened. this fictional party was culture shift has happened. this fictional party was a culture shift has happened. this fictional party was a business meeting fictional party was a business meeting. it was not so she distanced. meeting. it was not so she distanced. ~ ., .. distanced. the link video of the prime minister s distanced. the link video of the prime ministe
on the thing, i think, that matters the most of the people of this country right now, and that is getting us through the post covid after shock. this is a list of the potential post covid political after shocks, the events in and around downing street now under investigation. a christmas do on the 18th of december 2020 is thought to have led to a big chunk of this latest batch of fines. there was a downing street christmas party on friday night. do you recognise those reports? i went home! it was a partyjoked about by downing street staff at the time in a mocked up news conference, later leaked. this fictional party was a business meeting! and it was not socially distanced! down the road in stoke from where the prime minister had taken his cabinet, news of the new fines had reached natasha, a student nurse during covid. i think they owe everybody an apology, really. they definitely need to just own up to what they ve done, more than anything else, and give people a reason to respect th
there was a downing street christmas party on friday night. do you recognise those reports? i went home! it was a partyjoked about by downing street staff at the time in a mocked up news conference, later leaked. this fictional party was a business meeting. and it was not socially distanced. labour s leader keir starmer and his deputy are under police investigation themselves over beer and curry in an mp s office just over a year ago but the party s still calling for the prime minister to resign. he s in a position of senior leadership at ten downing street, he has already been fined. keir starmer, in contrast, has already said that if he were to be fined, he would of course resign from his position as leader of the opposition. there s simply no comparison with the industrial scale partying that s been happening at number ten. crucially, too, this is not yet over. of the 12 gatherings the police are investigating, just four or so, we think, have led to fines so far, so there s plenty
about but it is quite clear that the prime minister has apologised, he has already changed a lot of senior staff at downing street. i think that is absolutely what is needed to happen and i m glad that culture shift has happened. this fictional party was a business meeting. and it was not socially distanced. the leaked video of the prime minister s then press secretary joking about a downing street christmas party ignited the scandal and a source has told the bbc that some of the fines issued recently were given to people who attended the do on the 18th of december 2020. the prime minister was not at it but labour wants to keep the pressure on him. they have reached the very dubious distinction of racking up more fines than any other location in britain, yet he s refusing to do the decent thing. i think that is quite extraordinary considering he made the rules, then broke the rules on a record scale. of course, a labour event is also being investigated by durham police and the party s