Boris Johnson has seemingly refused to recognise that parties in Whitehall and Downing street breached lockdown rules at the time.
It comes after 20 fixed penalty notices were issued this morning, according to Scotland Yard. The Prime Minister stood before a liaison committee of senior MPs today (March 30) where he dodged questions on whether he believed the 'partygate' scandal was in direct breach of the government's own lockdown rules imposed across the country.
One question, in particular, asked Mr Johnson if he believed he would be "toast" if the police handed him a fine for breaking his own rules - refused to comment.
It comes after Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said the issuing of fines is a sign that "there were breaches of the law". He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Clearly there were breaches of the regulations.
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