UK officials begin to receive 50 pound fines following probe into Downing Street parties - Sky

FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Britain, March 23, 2022. REUTERS/John Sibley/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - British officials have begun to receive fines for COVID regulation breaches, Sky News reported on Friday, days after police said an initial 20 fines would be handed out after an investigation into lockdown parties.

Sky said the fines related to a June 18, 2020 leaving party in the Cabinet Office - a building at the heart of the government estate and physically connected to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Downing Street offices and residence.