How Boris Johnson funded a refurbishment of his Downing Street flat will be investigated by the elections watchdog, it has been confirmed.
The Electoral Commission has said it is satisfied that “there are reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence or offences may have occurred”.
Former aide Dominic Cummings accused him of wanting Tory donors to “secretly pay” for the renovations in a “possibly illegal” move.
Prime ministers get a budget of up to £30,000 per year to renovate their residency at Number 10, but reports have suggested Johnson has spent up to £200,000.
A No 10 spokeswoman has said that the costs “have been met by the prime minister personally” and that party funds “are not being used for this”.
But Downing Street has refused to answer whether party funds were used in the past.
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