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25.04.2021 - 15:09 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Boris Johnson was given a loan from a Tory donor to fund a lavish refurbishment as allegations of sleaze swirling around Downing Street.
Truss told the BBC “everything has been fully declared” in line with the rules and dismissed claims of side donations as “tittle tattle”.Truss said the Prime Minister had met the cost of doing up his official flat personally but repeatedly failed to answer questions over where the money came from.Labour has called on the Electoral Commission to mount a full
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Prime Minister over who paid for the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat.
Johnson has been plagued by allegations of misconduct over the payments since last Friday, when his former senior adviser Dominic Cummings said his plans for “secret” donations were “unethical, foolish and possibly illegal”.
Boris Johnson’s private apartments.
Government over claims made by Johnson's former aide, Dominic Cummings, that the PM wanted donors to "secretly pay for the renovation" of his official flat, in a move called "unethical, foolish, possibly illegal" by the ex-Vote Leave campaigner. Asked about the allegations, Wallace said Johnson had paid "out of his own pocket" for the upgrade of the flat in Downing Street.
Conservative UK government is "becoming quite overpowering", Nicola Sturgeon has said.
Johnson was also accused of approving “tax breaks by text” after he told billionaire inventor Sir James Dyson the Chancellor would “fix” a tax issue for his staff working on making ventilators in the early part of the pandemic.