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Ryan Carroll

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak given fixed penalty notice for failing to wear seatbelt

Rishi Sunak has been fined for not wearing a seatbelt in a moving car.

The Prime Minister has been issued with a “conditional offer of fixed penalty” by Lancashire Constabulary after he filmed himself in a social media clip in the back of a vehicle.

The police service said that it would "look into" a video of Mr Sunak not wearing a seatbelt in a moving car last night.

Mr Sunak apologised for the "brief error of judgement" (Instagram/@rishiSunakmp)

It came after the PM was forced into an embarrassing apology.

A spokesman for the Prime Minister, who posted the clip on social media, said it "was a brief error of judgement".

He said: "He accepts it as mistake. And as I say, he apologises for it.

"The Prime Minister believes everyone should wear a seatbelt and once again, I think I've made clear that there was an error or judgment. He removed it for a short period of time to film a clip which you've seen but he accepts that's a mistake."

Mr Sunak uploaded the video to his official Instagram account, which has 1.3million followers.

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