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Boris Johnson refuses to deny flat refurb loan from Tory donor Andrew Woodcock © Provided by The Independent Boris Johnson repeatedly dodged questions in parliament over who initially paid for the £88,000 refurbishment of his Downing Street flat, failing to deny that some of the money came from Tory donor Lord Brownlow. In a stormy session of prime minister’s questions just an hour after the Electoral Commission announced it was launching an investigation into the “cash for curtains” allegations, Keir Starmer asked the PM four times to say who originally paid the cost...

Boris Johnson is facing fresh pressure on his No11 flat refurbishment including a stormy PMQs showdown The elections watchdog has launched a formal investigation into funding of No11 flat refurbishment  Opposition MPs have stepped up their attack over whether Tories paid £58,000 without declaring the gift  The premier is also struggling to fend off claims that he made crass comments about letting Covid 'rip'

BBC News By Justin Parkinson image copyrightPA Media The Westminster leaders of six parties will meet Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle this week to push for a debate on what they call the prime minister's "inaccuracies" in Parliament. Green Party MP Caroline Lucas accused Boris Johnson of being "untruthful" and said he must be held to account. But accusing an MP of lying or having false motives is banned in Parliament. The Liberal Democrats, Greens, SNP, Plaid Cyrmu, SDLP and Alliance Party will attend the talks with Sir Lindsay. Labour is not backing the call for a debate - and the Speaker'...

BBC News Published image captionBoris Johnson with Jennifer Arcuri at an event in 2014 Boris Johnson has been quizzed over whether he acted with "honesty and integrity" in his relationship with US businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri. The prime minister gave a single word reply: "Yes". He was challenged about the issue by Huffpost Political Editor Paul Waugh at a Downing St Covid press conference. The PM has faced renewed questions over his dealings with Ms Arcuri when he was London mayor. He has consistently denied any wrongdoing. Ms Arcuri received £126,000 of public money in the form of grants f...

‘People should not form the impression there are lots of people doing two jobs’: PM defends civil service as Greensill probes launch Johnson praises Whitehall’s pandemic work and says public would be wrong to think moonlighting is common Boris Johnson Photo PA 20 Apr 2021 Prime minister Boris Johnson has spoken in defence of senior civil servants as the Greensill Capital lobbying scandal has shone a spotlight on top officials’ second jobs as well as former PM David Cameron’s work for the firm. Johnson said it would be wrong to conclude it was common for senior officials to have seco...