Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been issued with a “conditional offer of fixed penalty” by police. The censure comes after Mr Sunak failed to wear a seatbelt while filming a social media clip in the back of a moving car.
It's the second police fine that Mr Sunak has paid in less than a year. As chancellor he also received a fine for attending a birthday party for Boris Johnson on June 19, 2020.
On Friday (January 20) Lancashire Constabulary said a 42-year-old man from London was issued with a conditional offer of a fixed penalty following a video circulating on social media showing a passenger not wearing a seatbelt in a moving car in the county.
In a statement, the force said: “You will be aware that a video has been circulating on social media showing an individual failing to wear a seatbelt while a passenger in a moving car in Lancashire. After looking into this matter, we have today (Friday, January 20) issued a 42-year-old man from London with a conditional offer of fixed penalty.”
Downing Street previously said the Prime Minister, 42, had made a “brief error of judgment” by removing the safety device as he promoted his levelling up funding in an Instagram video when he visited Lancashire on Thursday.
A No10 spokesperson said: “The Prime Minister fully accepts this was a mistake and has apologised. He will of course comply with the fixed penalty.”
