British police will fine Prime Minister Boris Johnson as part of an investigation into the situation around parties at Downing Street and Whitehall during the lockdown due to COVID-19, UK government said.

“The prime minister received a notice today that the police intend to issue him a fine.. There are no other details,"

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak also received notice of the fine, he said..

Johnson after the publication of the report of the senior employee of the apparatus of the British government Sue Gray on the scandalous parties in Downing Street apologized.

Downing Street is believed to have hosted several parties in 2020-21 during a period when London was under strict lockdown.

Specifically, on April 16, 2021, British civil servants gathered at two separate events to mark the end of the administration of former Prime Minister Communications Director James Slack and one of Johnson's personal photographers..

In addition, the media became aware that in May 2020, despite the lockdown, another party was organized at the government residence. The prime minister apologized in parliament for participating in it, saying that he did not understand the situation and at first believed that this was a "