UK Watchdog to Probe Funding of Boris Johnson’s Flat Renovation

UK Watchdog to Probe Funding of Boris Johnson’s Flat Renovation
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds take part in a doorstep clap in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore outside 10 Downing Street on Feb. 3, 2021. Hollie Adams/Getty Images
Alexander Zhang
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The UK’s political spending watchdog said on Wednesday it will conduct a formal investigation into the source of funding for the refurbishment of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat.

The Electoral Commission said there were “reasonable grounds” to suspect an offence had been committed.