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The Met Police are issuing 20 fines to individuals who unlawfully attended pirates in Downing Street and the Cabinet Office – confirming PM Boris Johnson misled the House of Commons on December 8.

The Metro says the Metropolitan Police is expected to issue the first tranche of fines over ‘partygate’ today, it has been reported.

The Independent says Boris Johnson should resign as prime minister if he is fined over lockdown-breaching parties at 10 Downing Street, Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has said.

Partygate: Met Police to issue first fines, sources say BBC News says the first fines for breaches of Covid-19 lockdown…

The Independent says the Partygate threat to Boris Johnson’s position has receded after Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross withdraw his demand for the prime minister to resign.

The Guardian says The first glimpse of a Partygate questionnaire confirms that Downing Street insiders are being questioned under police caution.

The Guardian says Boris Johnson is expected to deny wrongdoing to the police by arguing his presence at Downing Street gatherings in lockdown was part of the working day.

The Metro says Boris Johnson is expected to tell police that he was at as many as six Downing Street parties – which were ‘part of his working day’.

The Metro says Boris Johnson could be subject to another police investigation after Labour referred his Downing Street flat refurbishment to the Met.

The Guardian says the Metropolitan Police have said they are considering whether to investigate Boris Johnson over the funding of his Downing Street flat renovation.