Boris Johnson is facing fresh pressure on his No11 flat refurbishment including a stormy PMQs showdown
The elections watchdog has launched a formal investigation into funding of No11 flat refurbishment
Opposition MPs have stepped up their attack over whether Tories paid £58,000 without declaring the gift
The premier is also struggling to fend off claims that he made crass comments about letting Covid rip
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 at work there since the New Year. A dozen or so cases of Covid had been reported in Britain, and the possibility that it could endanger the UK was starting to be taken seriously by some Downing Street officials.
It was fourteen months ago – back in February 2020 – that officials first became alarmed by renovations to the No 11 flat. Pictured: Lulu Lytle s collection
Carrie Symonds is the cover star of this month s Tatler, with an in-depth feature written by the journalist Anne McElvoy.
The article contains a raft of revelations about Boris Johnson s 32-year-old fiancee, who it calls one of the most influential women in Britain .
Insiders describe No10 as like a Tudor court, with Ms Symonds exerting an outsized influence on the government that has sparked controversy given her unelected role.
The article describes how Ms Symonds and Mr Johnson, 56, grew close after she offered him private coaching , before a well-publicised row at their south London flat reportedly led her to move out.
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Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds will marry as soon as restrictions on big weddings are lifted, it was claimed today.
The couple announced in February last year that they got engaged in late 2019, but the coronavirus pandemic put their plans on ice.
But wedding bells may soon be heard in Downing Street once ceremonies with no limits on numbers are given the go ahead no earlier than June 21, Tatler reports in a new in-depth profile on Symonds.
The couple s first son, Wilfred, was born on April 29, 2020 at the height of the first Covid outbreak in the UK.
The couple announced in February last year that they got engaged in late 2019, but the coronavirus pandemic put their plans on ice. They are seen together in December