Fines and Dining at Downing Street: Tracking the Lockdown Party Scandal

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is among the government ministers fined by the Metropolitan Police in April 2022, over a series of lockdown parties at 10 Downing Street during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following investigations by senior civil servant Sue Gray and the Metropolitan Police, prime minister Johnson, chancellor Rishi Sunak, and other senior Tory MPs have been fined over the wine and cheese bashes. Some were Christmas quizzes with tinsel and champagne whose existence was previously denied; others outdoor gatherings featuring Johnson and Dominic Cummings that were characterised as “work events.” At least one probably featured birthday cake. So here they are, in all their glory: All the COVID-19 lockdown parties held at 10 Downing Street and featuring Boris Johnson that the world at large knows about.