Hundreds of fines for breaking the Covid rules were handed out by police in the same week No10 allegedly held a garden party in the first national lockdown.
Scotland Yard has said it is in contact with the Cabinet Office about the May 20 in 2020 allegations at Downing Street after a bombshell email leaked on Monday showed more than one hundred No10 staff were invited to a garden party.
ITV News reported 40 people were believed to have attended the event.
There were 807 fixed penalty notices issued for breaches of Covid rules in England and Wales in the week between May 15 and May 21 2020, the latest data from the National Police Chiefs’ Council shows.
A total of 118,963 fines were processed by police between March 27 2020 and December 16 2021, according to figures.
Lockdown fines increased to £100 in England on May 13 in 2020 which could be handed out to anyone believed to be in breach of the Covid restrictions.
