Fines issued over Downing Street party the night before Philip’s funeral

Exclusive: fixed-penalty notices handed out over events held at No 10 on 16 April 2021

Downing Street staff have been issued with fines by police over a party that took place the night before Prince Philip's funeral, in the first decision by Scotland Yard that Covid laws were broken inside No 10 at the heart of government.

After the Guardian revealed that fixed penalty notices were handed out to those who attended a leaving do for an aide to Boris Johnson in the Cabinet Office in June 2020, sources said those who partied into the early hours in No 10 on 16 April 2021 had also been warned they would receive fines.