Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak are both expected to receive fines amid investigation in lockdown parties at Downing Street.

The duo will be issued with fines for breaches of Covid-19 regulations following allegations of lockdown parties in Downing Street and Whitehall, a No 10 spokeswoman said.

The spokesperson said: “The Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer have today received notification that the Metropolitan police intend to issue them with fixed penalty notices.

“We have no further details, but we will update you again when we do.”

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More than 50 referrals for fines have been made off the back of lockdown parties at Downing Street and Whitehall, Police have said.

The Metropolitan Police said at least 30 more fixed penalty notices will be issued by the ACRO Criminal Records Office. This is up from the 20 referrals for fixed-penalty notices (FPN) the force said had been made at the end of March.

Scotland Yard said it was “making every effort to progress this investigation at speed”, with the possibility of more fines to come.

There has been widespread condemnation of the PM after the fine announcement.

Bradford West MP Naz Shah said: "Those that make the laws were breaking the laws.

"We must protect our democracy and the rule of law.

"Boris Johnson & Rishi Sunak both must now resign!"

West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin said: "West Yorkshire followed the rules, lost loved ones, or lost lives while the PM and Chancellor partied.

"It can’t be one law for us and another for those in power. Law makers cannot be law breakers. They must resign."

However, former leader of the Conservatives in Bradford Simon Cooke took to Twitter to claim people were making too big a deal of the situation.

He said: "There's a war on. There's an energy crisis. There's a housing crisis. People are struggling to feed their family.

"These things matter. The PM getting a FPN (fixed penalty notice) doesn't."

He went on to say those calling for the Prime Minister to resign "care more about this than dead bodies piling up in Mariupol."