Britain’s Metropolitan Police told Prime Minister Boris Johnson he faced no further action over lockdown-breaching gatherings at his official residence and other government sites, after the force said Thursday it has concluded its investigation into politicians’ parties that violated the country’s coronavirus restrictions.
Police said they issued a total of 126 fixed-penalty notices to 83 people for gatherings that took place on eight dates between May 2020 — at the height of the first wave of the U.K.’s pandemic — and April 2021. Some people received multiple fines.
The scandal, dubbed “partygate” by the media, has dealt a heavy blow to Johnson’s
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