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Gordon Rayner, Associate Editor of The Telegraph, reflects on why the Chancellor took a number of hours to comment on the news that he was being fined after a police investigation into lockdown parties at Downing Street.

Rishi Sunak has signalled he will not quit as Chancellor after receiving a fine from the Metropolitan Police for attending a Downing Street gathering during lockdown.

The Chancellor confirmed in a statement that along with Boris Johnson he had been given a fixed penalty notice in relation to the Prime Minister's 'birthday party' in the Cabinet room on June 19.

Read the full story here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/04/12/boris-johnson-news-rishi-sunak-tax-ukraine-liz-truss/

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