there to prevent any violence in the airport and other buildings of strategic importance.- airport and other buildings of strategic importance. good to talk to ou, strategic importance. good to talk to you. thank strategic importance. good to talk to you, thank you. the deputy leader of the labour party angela rayner has written to the prime minister s standards adviser, lord geidt, raising serious questions and concerns about the findings of his investigation on the downing street refurbishment. messages between borisjohnson and lord brownlow, who helped pay for the renovation, were published yesterday. the messages appear to show the prime minister offering support for a great exhibition plans for a cultural festival which were being backed by lord brownlow. ms rayner says lord geidt s failure to revise his conclusions in light of those messages raises a number of serious concerns and questions. dave penman is the general secretary of the first division association, which is
whether he misled an investigation into refurbishments at his downing street flat. if that wasn t enough, some conservative mps are furious over his new coronavirus restrictions. our political editor laura kuenssberg has been following it all. nightmares on downing street. behind every window a different dilemma. what s the truth about last year s christmas party? who paid for the expensive interior design upstairs? how can they control another surge in the pandemic and can they keep their own party under control? when thejohnsons moved in upstairs they had thousands of pounds of renovations. when the lavish expenses emerged this was the prime minister s claim. who initially paid for the redecoration of his downing street flat? he should know that i paid for downing street refurbishment personally, mr speaker. yet the tories have been fined thousands for breaking spending
borisjohnson of taking us for fools after an official report by the election watchdog, the electoral commission, found the prime minister asked a conservative party donor, lord brownlow, to authorise refurbishment of his downing street flat in november 2020. that appears to contradict a previous account from the prime minister. the electoral commission s report on the flat refurbishment says: the prime minister messaged lord brownlow via whatsapp asking him to authorise further, at that stage unspecified, refurbishment works on the residence. lord brownlow agreed to do so. and in december 2020, lord brownlow confirmed to the prime minister that he had approved further works. but mrjohnson had told an earlier investigation, by the independent adviser on ministers interests, lord geidt, that he did not know how the downing street refurbishment was paid for until media reports emerged in february this year.
who paid forjohnsons expensive interior design upstairs? how can they control another surge in the pandemic, and can they keep their own party under control? when thejohnsons moved in upstairs, they had thousands of pounds of renovations. when the lavish expenses emerged, this was the prime minister s claim. who initially paid for the redecoration of this downing street flat? he should know that i paid for downing street refurbishment personally, mr speaker. yet the tories have been fined thousands for breaking spending rules after a wealthy businessman tried to set up a special trust to pay for doing up the flat. the real tangle is whether borisjohnson has been straight about what happened. he told a previous investigation he hadn t known exactly where the cash came from until february this year, but today s report showed he sent a wealthy donor a whatsapp about the cash several months before. downing street s defence? it s suggested he knew this wealthy donor was overseeing
nightmares on downing street. behind every window, a different dilemma. what s the truth about last year s christmas party in the building? who paid forjohnsons expensive interior design upstairs? how can they control another surge in the pandemic? and can they keep their own party under control? when thejohnsons moved in upstairs, they had thousands of pounds of renovations. when the lavish expenses emerged, this was the prime minister s claim. who initially paid for the redecoration of this downing street flat? he should know that i paid for downing street refurbishment personally, mr speaker. yet the tories have been fined thousands for breaking spending rules after a wealthy businessman tried to set up a special trust to pay for doing up the flat. the real tangle is whether borisjohnson has been straight about what happened. he told a previous investigation he hadn t known exactly where the cash came from until february this year, but today s report showed he sent a wealthy donor