token. it is a non fungible token and we will explain what that means. london s metropolitan police have launched an investigation into parties held in number ten during the pandemic. borisjohnson has welcomed this. he says he s willing to speak to detectives and hopes it will draw in december, boris johnson in december, borisjohnson addressed the christmas party in number ten. then a week later the prime minister said this. i have been repeatedly assured since these allegations emerged that there were no parties and that no covid i9 rules were broken and that is what i have been repeatedly assured. that same day 8 december the metropolitan police put out a statement. it read: based on the absence of evidence and in line with our policy not to investigate retrospective breaches of such regulations, the met will not commence an investigation at this time. that was then this is now. ican i can confirm that the met is investigating a number of events that happened in whi
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Investigation of the metropolitan police into parties held in downing street during lockdown. so, police are now investigating potential breaches of coronavirus regulations at a number of events in downing street and whitehall. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports on what they will look at and asks why they didn t act sooner. for months, arguments around alleged parties in downing street and its garden have swept through whitehall, while london s main police force has kept quiet, saying only that it was in touch with sue gray, who is leading the cabinet office investigation. so, why is the met investigating now? this morning, the force s most senior officer said three factors might lead to them investigating covid rule breaches from many months ago. my three factors were and are there was evidence that those involved knew or ought to have known that what they were doing was an offence, where not investigating would significantly undermine the legitimacy of the law.
Were concerned about what they were seeing at the time. last march, in this warwickshire garden, kieran mcardle and three friends had a small birthday party. the police arrived within the hour and fined him. he wants whitehall party goers to face the same punishment. the stories of these parties are coming out now. it s a little bit galling when you see that the people that made the rules are breaking the rules and they re not being held to account. so, what are the potential punishments? anyone who attended an illegal gathering in downing street during lockdown faces a fine. at the start of the pandemic, the fines were £60 but later rose to 100 and then again to 200. it s not clear if the prime minister is one of those who faces a possible fine. daniel sandford, bbc news, downing street. ione wells is in westminster. i m going to start with a question i