UK’s Johnson Faces Fresh Questions Over Funding of Flat Renovation

UK’s Johnson Faces Fresh Questions Over Funding of 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
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing fresh questions over the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat after a watchdog fined the ruling Conservative Party for failing to report relevant donations properly.

Johnson came under pressure earlier this year to explain how the expensive refurbishment of the 11 Downing Street flat was paid for, after his former chief advisor Dominic Cummings alleged in a blog post in April that the prime minister had planned to “have donors secretly pay for the renovation.”