The police have issued 126 fines for 83 people who broke lockdown rules by going to parties in Downing Street and Whitehall

The police have finalised their 'Partygate' investigation into the lockdown parties held in Downing Street and Whitehall. 126 fines have been issued for 83 people.The investigation cost £460,000 and lasted nearly four months. Prime minister Boris Johnson, his wife Carrie and Chancellor Rishi Sunak have already been fined for gathering to celebrate Johnson's birthday.

In a statement, acting deputy commissioner of Met Police Helen Ball, said:"A number of people, members of the public, have been both surprised and concerned at what they have heard. And I'm sure they will be surprised and concerned about the outcome of our investigation."Downing Street has said that there will be no further action against the prime minister and according to Sky News, there will also be no further action against his wife Carrie.

The official spokesman for the prime minister said: "He's pleased the investigation's concluded but at no point has it distracted him from the important issues facing the country."Policing minister Kit Malthouse stated: "The prime minister's obviously apologised for the birthday cake incident.

I hope now that we can move on to really deal with some of the big issues facing the country."However,Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer,said that the investigation had shown 'industrial scale law breaking in Downing Street... that reflects a culture and the prime minister sets the culture'."

The information that we received with regard to the alleged breaches in Downing Street and Whitehall was sufficient to reach our criteria to begin such an investigation," said deputy commissioner of Met Helen Ball.She added: "Our investigation was thorough and impartial and was completed as quickly as we could, given the amount of information that needed to be reviewed and the importance of ensuring that we had strong evidence for each FPN referral."