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A total of 24 police fines are set to be issued for the notorious a “jingle and mingle” Covid Christmas party held by Shaun Bailey’s London mayoral campaign staff.
In the latest step in the Partygate scandal, the Metropolitan Police also said they were continuing their investigation into a pandemic-era event in parliament attended by top Tory Sir Bernard Jenkin.
Police dramatically opened two new investigations earlier this year into both events held during Covid restrictions.
The ‘jingle’ party was reinvestigated after new video evidence emerged.
At the time Rishi Sunak faced fresh calls to block Mr Bailey’s peerage – handed to the failed mayoral candidate by Boris Johnson in his resignation honours.
He has now taken his seat in the House of Lords.
The Metropolitan Police has made 24 referrals for fixed penalty notices in connection with the party at Conservative Campaign Headquarters and would be asking the Acro Criminal Records Office to issue fines in connection with the gathering.
A second investigation into a gathering in Parliament on December 8 2020, said to have been arranged by Commons Deputy Speaker Dame Eleanor Laing, continues.
That event was cited by Boris Johnson in a scathing statement accusing Sir Bernard of “monstrous hypocrisy” for allegedly attending the event before sitting on the cross-party panel which found the former prime minister had lied to MPs over Partygate.
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