New fines for house parties as health bosses lash out at vaccine fraudsters
“Small minority” still breaching rules
Home Secretary Priti Patel.
Police have been given powers to issue £800 fines for those attending house parties during the coronavirus lockdown, doubling for each incident to a maximum of £6,400 for repeat offenders.
Home Secretary Priti Patel announced the measures, which will apply to those who attend illegal gatherings of more than 15 people in homes, at a press briefing on Thursday.
At the same meeting, health bosses hit out at “morally reprehensible” people who tried to fraudulently get a vaccine.
Ms Patel said there was still a “small minority” of people breaching coronavirus lockdown rules.