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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been fined for not wearing a seatbelt in a moving car while filming a social media video.
Lancashire Police said it had issued a 42-year-old man from London with a conditional offer of a fixed penalty, reports BBC.
No 10 said Mr. Sunak “fully accepts this was a mistake and has apologized,” adding that he would pay the fine.
Passengers caught failing to wear a seat belt when one is available can be fined £100. This can increase to £500 if the case goes to court.
Speaking to BBC Breakfast, 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.
The prime minister was in Lancashire when the video was filmed, during a trip across the north of England.
The video – to promote the government’s latest round of “leveling up” spending – was posted on Mr. Sunak’s Instagram account. It is the second time Mr. Sunak has received a fixed penalty notice while in government.
Last April, he was fined along with Boris Johnson and wife, Carrie, for breaking Covid lockdown rules – by attending a birthday gathering for the then-prime minister in Downing Street in June 2020.
