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UK elections watchdog to probe Boris Johnson Downing Street flat refit Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions session in parliament in London, Wednesday, April 28, 2021.   | Photo Credit: AP 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 wa...

There are three possible outcomes. It could decide: There is no or insufficient evidence of an offence or contravention of the rules. An offence or contravention of the rules has been committed beyond reasonable doubt. The investigation should be dropped because it is no longer in the public interest. What penalties can ? If the commission concludes beyond reasonable doubt there is evidence of wrongdoing, it can impose a sanction and refer the matter to the police and prosecutors. Where a donation or loan is found to be impermissible, the watchdog can apply to a court for an order for Conser...

Boris Johnson Boris Johnson has repeatedly dodged questions about who initially paid for the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat. Speaking during PMQs on Wednesday, Labour leader Keir Starmer asked “who paid the initial invoice” for the renovations, which reportedly cost £200,000. But the prime minister would only say he had “covered the cost”, with no reference to who paid the bills up front. Downing Street has refused to say whether Johnson received an initial loan from the Conservative Party to cover the renovations to the flat. Dominic Cummings, Johnson’s former top advis...

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...

Last modified on Fri 30 Apr 2021 05.38 EDT The Electoral Commission has launched an inquiry that has the potential to imperil Boris Johnson’s premiership as the “cash for curtains” row increasingly engulfed the prime minister. With sweeping powers to call witnesses and refer matters to the police, the watchdog said its probe was necessary because it already believed there were “reasonable grounds” to suspect that payments for expensive renovations to Johnson’s Downing Street flat could constitute several offences. Though Johnson has insisted he has done nothing w...