UK Election Commission opens investigation into renovation of Boris Johnson's apartment

The British Election Commission, announced Wednesday April 28, to open an investigation into the renovation of the apartment occupied by Boris Johnson in Downing Street, after the Prime Minister was accused of having financed the work by private donations.

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”indicates the Commission after evaluating the information provided to it since last month by the Conservative Party. A government spokesperson had indicated on Tuesday April 27 that the costs of the renovation of the apartment had been borne by Boris Johnson, without specifying whether or not the leader had received a loan which he had then repaid. This announcement comes shortly before the traditional weekly questioning session to the head of government, in the House of Commons, at 11:00 GMT.

Boris Johnson, accused by his former right-hand man and mastermind of the victorious Brexit campaign in 2016, Dominic Cummings, of several irregularities is about to come under criticism from the Labor opposition. The former adviser Cummings had crushed the conservative leader and questioned his integrity in a long post published on his blog on Friday. A few days before the local elections of May 6, these attacks are particularly unwelcome for Boris Johnson, already implicated in a lobbying scandal splashing some members of his government.

Boris Johnson is also accused of having uttered a shocking sentence to oppose a new confinement last fall. The

said Monday that during a meeting at the end of October, Boris Johnson launched: "No

". Despite the denial of Downing Street, several media have taken up the information ensuring confirmation from anonymous sources.