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The Tories have increased their poll lead over Labour despite 'wallpapergate' They now have an 11 point lead over the opposition ahead of May's elections On Thursday, Keir Starmer poked fun at Boris Johnson's £58,000 flat renovation He posed with wallpaper at a John Lewis store in Manchester while campaigning It is claimed Mr Johnson said flat was a 'John Lewis nightmare' when he took over
The Electoral Commission is looking into claims about work on the PM’s Downing Street residence
Boris maintains innocence as flat probe launched Top Story April 29, 2021 LONDON: Boris Johnson insisted he has not broken any laws over the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat after the Electoral Commission launched a formal investigation. The watchdog said there are “reasonable grounds” to suspect an offence may have occurred, dramatically deepening the Prime Minister’s troubles over the renovations on Wednesday. Questions have been mounting since former aide Dominic Cummings accused Johnson of wanting donors to “secretly pay” for the renovations to his No 11 residence in a...
The inquiry by the Electoral Commission into the funding of Boris Johnson’s Downing Street makeover has the potential to become the biggest investigation directly affecting No 10 since the New Labour ‘Cash for Honours’ scandal. While the MPs’ expenses scandal involved senior ministers, No 10 was not directly implicated, and only a handful of backbench MPs were prosecuted. But the Electoral Commission probe goes to the heart of the way the PM runs his operation. To make matters worse it involves personal details of a lavish refurbishment which he apparently could not – or did not wa...
Sir Keir Starmer today trolled Boris Johnson by sampling wallpaper at John Lewis as he gently fanned the flames of the Downing Street flat row. The Labour leader was seen picking out wallpaper at the department store's Manchester site, in a subtle dig at his Conservative adversary. It comes as an incensed Mr Johnson furiously defended himself at yesterday's Prime Minister's Questions over the 'Wallpapergate' row - in which he is accused of using £58,000 of Tory funds for a lavish refurbishment of his Downing Street flat. Yesterday a clearly rattled Mr Johnson used Downing Street to insis...