Like many of the most explosive political bombshells, the Downing Street flat scandal had a long fuse. It was fourteen months ago – back in February 2020 – that officials first became alarmed by renovations to the No 11 flat. They had good reason not to pay too much attention to decorators who had been … Read more
Boris Johnson’s new chief of staff warned it was ‘crazy’ to ask wealthy Tory donors to fund a lavish renovation of the Prime Minister’s flat. Sources told the Mail that Dan Rosenfield reacted angrily when he started his job in January and discovered the details of plans drawn up by officials to help the Prime … Read more
Boris Johnson’s new chief of staff warned it was ‘crazy’ to ask wealthy Tory donors to fund a lavish renovation of the Prime Minister’s flat. Sources told the Mail that Dan Rosenfield reacted angrily when he started his job in January and discovered the details of plans drawn up by officials to help the Prime … Read more
Boris Johnson faces the threat of suspension from the Commons if he is found to have failed to register a £60,000 Tory contribution to refurbishing his Downing Street flat. The PM has already been put on notice he risks a ‘serious sanction’ after a report two years ago condemned his ‘repeated’ breaches of Parliamentary rules. Conservative … Read more
Boris Johnson faces the threat of suspension from the Commons if he is found to have failed to register a £60,000 Tory contribution to refurbishing his Downing Street flat. The PM has already been put on notice he risks a ‘serious sanction’ after a report two years ago condemned his ‘repeated’ breaches of Parliamentary rules. Conservative … Read more
Labour demands ‘full investigation’ into refurbishment of Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat after Dominic Cummings accused PM of ‘possibly illegal’ plot to get Tory donors to fund work No10’s former chief adviser said he warned PM against using Tory donations Shadow cabinet minister Rachael Reeves demanded full investigation into saga She has written to Mr … Read more
Labour demands ‘full investigation’ into refurbishment of Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat after Dominic Cummings accused PM of ‘possibly illegal’ plot to get Tory donors to fund work No10’s former chief adviser said he warned PM against using Tory donations Shadow cabinet minister Rachael Reeves demanded full investigation into saga She has written to Mr … Read more
Boris Johnson is shamed into paying £58,000 bill for the Downing Street refurbishment himself after the Tory Party settled it then tried to disguise the truth The Mail first revealed in Feb the PM asked Tory donors to contribute to the cost In an email donor Lord Brownlow had said he had given £58,000 towards … Read more
Whitehall’s top mandarin is to face a grilling from MPs about the lobbying row that has engulfed the Government, it was revealed today as it emerged he is also investigating a pricey makeover of Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat. Cabinet Secretary Simon Case will face the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on Monday to face questions … Read more
Downing Street slapped down a sacked former minister today after he accused the Prime Minister of surrounding himself with ‘cowards’ and ‘desperately weak people’. Johnny Mercer vented his fury at No10 after being axed as veterans minister in a row over the treatment of veterans of the Troubles. He had expressed frustration at a lack of progress … Read more