UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's office says the leader will pay a fine issued by police for failing to wear a seatbelt while filming a video clip in a car.
It is the second penalty Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has received from police after last year they found him to have broken COVID-19 lockdown rules.Fixed penalty notices for seatbelt offences are usually $178 but they can rise to nearly $900 if taken to court.
It is the second penalty Mr Sunak has received from police after last year they found him to have broken COVID-19 lockdown rules, along with then-prime minister Boris Johnson.Is the UK ready for its first PM of colour? This moment on British radio suggests race is still an issue The fine represents a new challenge for Mr Sunak, whose Conservative Party trails far behind the opposition Labour Party in the opinion polls, ahead of an election due by January 2025 at the latest."The prime minister fully accepts this was a mistake and has apologised. He will of course comply with the fixed penalty," a spokesman from Sunak's Downing Street office said in a statement.
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