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UK elections watchdog to probe Boris Johnson Downing Street flat refit  The watchdog said it would not comment any further on the probe and will provide an update only once the investigation is complete. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By PTI LONDON: The UK's Electoral Commission on Wednesday launched a formal investigation into the funding of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Downing Street flat refurbishments, which have been at the centre of a row over whether donations to the ruling Conservative Party were involved in it. The elections watchdog, which has been in contact with the Tory p...

Gone were the usual smiles, smirks and ho-ho-hos. Instead, the Boris Johnson in the Commons chamber yesterday was suddenly a man fighting tooth and claw for his reputation. A week of woeful headlines over his Downing Street flat's refurbishment, not to mention an investigation by the Electoral Commission announced moments before, had clearly left him on the precipice. On top of it all, Sir Keir Starmer had been needling and gnawing away at him like a jabbering woodpecker. Who had 'initially' paid for the work, he asked – five times. Enough was enough! In the most explosive, gladiatorial PMQ...