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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. Downing Street said Mr Johnson would be “happy” to assist the commission with its inquiries into who initially paid for the work carried out in his No 11 residence. Questions have been mounting since former aide Dominic Cummings accused Mr Johnson...

Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer's fiery Commons clash today whipped up a social media meme storm as Twitter users gave their view on the jaw-dropping encounter.  A clearly rattled Mr Johnson launched an ardent defence of his actions over the deepening Downing Street flat renovation row - dubbed 'Wallpapergate'. The Prime Minister aggressively waggled his finger at the Sir Keir as he repeatedly claimed he had personally paid for renovations to the flat. It comes after after the elections watchdog launched a formal probe into claims Tory donors may have contributed to the reported £50,00...

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. Downing Street said Mr Johnson would be “happy” to assist the commission with its inquiries into who initially paid for the work carried out in his No 11 residence. Questions have been mounting since former aide Dominic Cummings accused Mr Johnson...

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 Published media captionSir Keir Starmer offers Boris Johnson "multiple choice" answers to the question of his flat refurbishment costs The Electoral Commission has launched an investigation into funding of works on Boris Johnson's Downing Street flat. The spending watchdog said there were "reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence or offences may have occurred". Mr Johnson told MPs he had covered the revamp "personally", but would not say who had paid the initial bill. And, speaking at the government's Covid press conference, Health Secretary Matt Hancock repeatedly refused to c...