Will Boris Johnson resign after being fined by Met Police? What the Prime Minister has said previously

Boris Johnson is one of the latest people to be fined by the Metropolitan Police as part of its investigation into parties held during lockdown. It comes after police investigating allegations of illegal parties held in Downing Street and Whitehall said they have now made more than 50 referrals for fines.

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.”

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has since called for the Prime Minister and Chancellor Rishi Sunak to resign, who has also been issued a fixed penalty notice. Sir Keir said: “Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have broken the law and repeatedly lied to the British public. They must both resign.

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“The Conservatives are totally unfit to govern. Britain deserves better.”

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon joined calls for the PM to resign, tweeting: "Boris Johnson must resign. He broke the law and repeatedly lied to parliament about it.

"The basic values of integrity and decency - essential to the proper working of any parliamentary democracy - demand that he go. And he should take his out of touch chancellor with him."

But will the Prime Minister resign? In early February, Mr Johnson refused to say whether he would resign if he was fined for breaching lockdown restrictions by police.

Asked at a press conference with Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg to discuss Russian aggression against Ukraine on 10 February, the Prime Minister said he would not outline how he