BORIS Johnson is to be probed by tax authorities over the £58,000 refurbishment of his Downing Street flat. HMRC is seeking “clarification” over where the cash came from and whether it should have been declared, according to the i newspaper. Tax chiefs told the paper that the Tory leader will be “treated like any other taxpayer” as they set out to establish if he “derived any benefit in kind” from the revamp at 11 Downing Street. A source stressed there is no formal investigation into Johnson’s personal finances, adding: “Things like this are declared by UK taxpayers all the time and it is the role of HMRC to clarify with people if these are subject to tax. The Prime Minister is no different to anyone else in this regard.”
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The United Kingdom is embracing its freedom from the EU and forging new partnerships, with the international trade secretary saying Brexit Britain could join a major trading bloc in as little as one year.
In September, the UK signed its first historic trade agreement as an independent nation with Japan, the world’s third-largest economy. The UK also is said to be making “rapid progress” on a New Zealand trade deal and has agreed on “the vast majority” of a free trade agreement with Australia, representing a reforging of trade ties with Commonwealth allies without the intercession of Brussels.