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‘Fines issued over leaving party for official who helped write Covid rules’

Attendees at Kate Josephs’ farewell event on December 17 2020 have been issued with fixed-penalty notices, the Daily Telegraph reported.

The Independent UK

Partygate: Official who wrote covid rules 'fined' over 'boozy' leaving do

Kate Josephs, a former director-general of the Cabinet Office’s Covid-19 Taskforce, is believed to have received a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) relating to an event held just before Christmas 2020.

Daily Record

Partygate fines issued over leaving bash for woman who wrote Covid rules

Police investigating Downing Street parties have reportedly issued fixed penalty notices to staff who attended a boozy drinks do in the Cabinet Office in December 2020

Daily Mirror

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Partygate: Leaving drinks for official who wrote Covid rules sees ‘more fines issued’

Kate Josephs previously said she was ‘truly sorry’ for event at Cabinet Office

The Independent UK

Former Whitehall ethics chief Helen MacNamara apologises after being fined over partygate scandal

The Government’s former ethics chief has apologised after being fined by the Met Police for attending a lockdown party in Westminster.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer blasts Boris Johnson for presiding over 'widespread criminality' as partygate fines roll in

The Labour leader again said the Prime Minister was 'unfit for office' as details of the fixed penalty points being issued over lockdown parties began to emerge.

Daily Record

Return of conventional politics could be bad news for Boris Johnson

We might just have found the perfect metaphor for this government. Yesterday the news broke that Boris Johnson’s former head of propriety and ethics had been fined by the Metropolitan Police over a karaoke party in the Cabinet Office at which there was a drunken brawl. As many as 20…

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Partygate: Former ethics chief 'fined' over karaoke night during covid lockdown

Helen MacNamara, who used to be the deputy cabinet secretary, is said to be among the first group of people to receive a fixed-penalty notice .

Daily Record

Partygate: Former Whitehall ethics chief 'fined over lockdown karaoke party'

Helen MacNamara was named among the first people handed fixed penalty notices by police investigating Downing Street parties

Daily Mirror

Woman in charge of Government ethics among first to get Partygate fine

Helen MacNamara was director general of propriety and ethics in the Cabinet Office

Wales Online

Former Whitehall ethics chief ‘fined over Cabinet Office leaving party’

Reports suggest fines also issued over party night before Prince Philip’s funeral

The Independent UK

Ex-Government ethics chief reportedly fined over ‘partygate’ scandal

Helen MacNamara, who used to be the deputy cabinet secretary, is said to be among the first group of people to receive a fixed-penalty notice.

The Independent UK

Government’s former ethics chief reportedly fined over ‘partygate’ scandal

Helen MacNamara is said to have received a £50 fine on Friday in connection with a leaving do held in the Cabinet Office.

The Independent UK

First Partygate fines ‘relate to official’s leaving do’

Reports that staffers received emails containing £50 fixed penalty notice

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Public should know if PM’s wife gets police fine, says Keir Starmer

Labour leader says No 10 should own up if Carrie Johnson gets fixed-penalty notice over lockdown parties

The Independent UK

Government will consider public interest in releasing Lebedev advice

No 10 said the Government would respond in due course.

Chronicle Live

Government changed its mind on Infected Blood Inquiry 'because of pressure from campaigners'

Documents released to a Jesmond campaigner show why the Infected Blood Inquiry was announced on July 11 2017 - and explain the reasons which saw the Government change its mind

The Independent UK

Lebedev has ‘nothing to hide’ as MPs back releasing security advice over peerage

Labour want the government to publish the relevant documents by no later than 28 April

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Daily Mirror

'I have nothing to hide': Russian media mogul Evgeny Lebedev lashes out at Keir Starmer over peerage questions

Labour has used a Commons device to force the government to disclose documents relating to the Russian oligarch son's appointment to the House of Lords

The Independent UK

Partygate fines could trigger review of security clearance for government officials

Officials would normally be required to disclose a criminal offence in order to maintain their ‘vetted’ security status

The Independent UK

Lord Lebedev insists security advice linked to his peerage should be released

The Russian-born businessman said: ‘I have nothing to hide.’

The Guardian - UK

Labour and Tory rebels force disclosure of security advice on Lebedev peerage

Conservative whips allow MPs to abstain in vote on publication in U-turn after backbenchers threaten to support Labour motion

The Independent UK

No 10 insists Johnson did not mislead MPs – despite Met finding law was broken

Twenty fines are set to be issued over the partygate saga, the Metropolitan Police said on Tuesday, with the possibility of more to come.

The Independent UK

Downing Street parties timeline as first fines issued

The Metropolitan Police said 20 fixed penalty notices will be referred to the ACRO Criminal Records Office.

The Independent UK

First 20 fines to be issued over Westminster’s partygate scandal

The move follows investigations into alleged breaches of coronavirus lockdown rules in Downing Street and Whitehall.

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