- Rishi Sunak issued fixed penalty notice for not fastening his seatbelt.
- The 42-year-old was making a social media video while driving in Lancashire.
- Mr Sunak will pay the £100 fine, which could rise to £500 if case ends up in court.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was penalized for not fastening his seatbelt while making a social media video in a moving vehicle.
The 42-year-old man from London was given a conditional offer of a fixed penalty, according to Lancashire Police.
Mr. Sunak “completely accepts this was a mistake and has apologized,” according to No. 10, who also added that he will pay the fee.
When seat belts are provided, passengers who are discovered not using them risk receiving a £100 punishment.
If the matter ends up in court, this could rise to £500.
Speaking to Media, the deputy prime minister said Mr. Sunak was “someone with the highest standards of integrity” who had “made a mistake on the seatbelt issue”.
Dominic Raab said the PM was “a human being doing a demanding job” and had “put his hands straight up” and apologized.
While travelling through the north of England, the prime minister was in Lancashire at the time the video was shot.
The video was uploaded to Mr. Sunak’s Instagram account to promote the government’s most recent round of “levelling up” expenditure.
Mr. Sunak has now been issued a fixed penalty notice twice while he has been in office.
He was penalized in April of last year along with Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie for violating the Covid lockdown regulations by going to the then-prime minister’s birthday party in Downing Street in June of 2020.
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