Rishi Sunak fined for not wearing seatbelt during Lancashire visit

Lancashire constabulary announced on Friday it was fining the prime minister, who filmed a social media video earlier this week while travelling in the back of a car without his belt on.

It is the second time Sunak has been fined in the past 12 months after he was punished by the Metropolitan police for attending Downing Street parties during lockdown.

Boris Johnson also received a fine at that time, which made him the first sitting prime minister to be penalised for breaking the law.

It was overshadowed, however, not only by the controversy over his seatbelt but by the revelation that he had travelled to Blackpool in a 14-seat RAF jet.