In the past few minutes, Lancashire Police has confirmed that Rishi Sunak has received a fixed penalty notice for sitting in a moving car without wearing a seatbelt. The Prime Minister filmed a video while touring the north west on Thursday which showed he had taken his seatbelt off, and a statement from the constabulary this evening 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 20th) issued a 42-year-old man from London with a conditional offer of fixed penalty.
This means Sunak has now received two police fines while in office, but thanks to his former boss Boris Johnson, who was fined for the same lockdown-busting birthday celebration as Sunak, he won’t be the first Prime Minister to be penalised for lawbreaking while in office.
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