Silence from the Conservatives as Labour MPs call for the PM and Chancellor to resign after 'Partygate' fines

Greater Manchester's Labour MPs have called for Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak to resign after they were slapped with fines for breaking covid rules. Earlier today the Prime Minister and Chancellor were given fixed penalty notices by the Met Police as part of its investigation into Downing Street parties held during lockdown.

A No 10 spokeswoman said: "The Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer have today received notification that the Metropolitan police intend to issue them with fixed penalty notices. We have no further details, but we will update you again when we do."

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Labour politicians from across Greater Manchester were united in their condemnation of Mr Johnson and Mr Sunak and backed Keir Starmer's call for the pair to go.

But the region's eight Conservative MPs failed to respond to requests from the Manchester Evening News to comment on the fines.

Gorton MP Afzal Khan who lost his mother, father-in-law, and mother-in-law to coronavirus, said: "Tens of thousands of people have lost their loved ones while following the rules that this government set up. They [Mr Johnson and Mr Sunak] repeatedly lied in the House of Commons about following those rules.

"It's always difficult to lose loved ones, but the rules affected the bereavement process. I sat outside the hospital as my mother was dying. I couldn't even hold her hand.

"They were partying. Then they lied about in the House of Commons. It's unacceptable. They should resign."

Rochdale MP Tony Lloyd, who spent 10 days in a coma after contracting the virus during the first wave of the pandemic, told the M.E.N.: "Lying to Parliament is ultimately lying to the