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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Harry Taylor

REVEALED: Labour seeks inquiry into boris johnson and credit facility guaranteed by cousin | Rare Historical Photos

Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson is believed to have found it difficult to live on his prime ministerial salary of £164,000 a year. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

Labour is calling for an investigation into an alleged arrangement by which Boris Johnson used a relative to act as a guarantor for an £800,000 credit facility when he was prime minister.

The party has written to the parliamentary standards commissioner after the Sunday Times reported Canadian businessman Sam Blyth, a distant cousin, had agreed to act as a guarantor for a credit facility for Johnson.

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