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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aubrey Allegretti and Rowena Mason

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Met considering whether to investigate pm over downing street flat refurb - Caught on Camera

Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson sought funds for the refurbishment while promising to consider plans for a ‘great exhibition’. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

Scotland Yard is considering whether to investigate Boris Johnson over the funding of his Downing Street flat renovation after Labour’s lawyers claimed there was a “reasonable suspicion” that he had broken anti-bribery laws.

Solicitors on behalf of Labour wrote to the Metropolitan police commissioner, Dame Cressida Dick, last week suggesting the force was “duty-bound” to begin a formal investigation.

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