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Justice Minister resigns as Boris Johnson faces more fines for blocking | News

The government minister was the first to step down over Downing Street parties, as No. 10 was prepared last night for Boris Johnson to receive more fines.

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar, QC, who has been Justice Minister since 2020, said “repeated breaches of the rules” by Johnson and other officials in the blockade were “incompatible with the rule of law.”

The government was relieved by Tory’s muffled response that Johnson was the first prime minister found to have broken the law.

Government officials said, however, that his team had concluded that the decision by the Sofia police to prosecute him for a “surprising” birthday celebration at number 10 on June 19, 2020, made it “inevitable” that he would be fined up to six .