Rishi Sunak fined for not wearing seatbelt in back of car - BBC

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been fined for not wearing a seatbelt successful a moving car portion filming a societal media video.

Lancashire Police said it had issued a 42-year-old antheral successful London with a conditional connection of a fixed penalty.

No 10 said Mr Sunak "fully accepts this was a mistake and has apologised", adding that helium would wage the fine.

Passengers caught failing to deterioration a spot loop erstwhile 1 is disposable tin beryllium fined up to £100.

This tin summation to £500 if the lawsuit goes to court.

The premier curate was successful Lancashire erstwhile the video was filmed, during a travel crossed the northbound of England.

It is the 2nd clip Mr Sunak has received a fixed punishment announcement portion successful government.

Fixed punishment notices are a authorisation for breaking the law, and mean a fine, which needs to beryllium paid wrong 28 days, oregon contested.

If idiosyncratic chooses to contention the fine, the constabulary volition past reappraisal the lawsuit and determine whether to retreat the good oregon instrumentality the substance to court.

The Liberal Democrats said, successful becoming the 2nd ever serving premier curate to beryllium fined by police, helium had "shown the aforesaid disregard for the rules arsenic Boris Johnson".

Deputy Lib Dem person Daisy Cooper said: "From partygate to seatbelt gate, these Conservative politicians are conscionable taking the British radical for fools.

"Whilst they proceed to behave arsenic though it's 1 regularisation for them and different for everyone else, this good is simply a reminder that the Conservatives yet get their comeuppance."