London’s Metropolitan Police said investigations were continuing and more so-called fixed-penalty notices could be issued at a later date.
The announcement marks the first official confirmation that events in Downing Street and Whitehall broke laws created by Johnson’s government — and it comes four months after the Prime Minister denied parties were held and insisted all guidance was followed.
The so-called “Partygate” scandal, which emerged in late 2021, sparked the most serious threat to Johnson’s premiership to date. His early denials of any wrongdoing — coupled with the subsequent revelation that he had himself attended several parties that officers were investigating — sparked calls for him to resign from across the political spectrum.
Tuesday’s police statement does not name any of the people who the fines will be issued to, and does not identify which of the events being investigated were found to have included rule-breaking. CNN has reached out to Downing Street.
Officers were investigating at least 12 events, a number of which Johnson was present at. The Metropolitan Police has previously revealed it had been handed more than 300 photographs and 500 pages of information to review.
