According to The Sunday Times an unidentified Tory MP received a complaint from a supporter who has been asked to pay for childcare for the one-year-old.
Party staff
have been given one week to hand over all communication related to the Downing
Street flat refurbishment. Conservative
donors were approached to cover the cost of a nanny for Boris Johnson’s son
Wilfred, it has been reported as.
The donor
reportedly told the MP: “I don’t mind paying for leaflets but I resent being
asked to pay to literally wipe the prime minister’s baby’s bottom.”
Downing
Street did not deny a claim that the PM has taken out a personal loan to repay
the Conservative Party for the renovations, the newspaper reported.
Such a loan
would have to be declared to avoid conflicts of interest.
Separate
inquiries into how Mr Johnson’s flat redecoration was funded are being carried
out by Simon Case, the head of the civil service, Lord Geidt, the independent
adviser on ministers’ interests, and the Electoral Commission.
The prime
minister has repeatedly said that he paid for anything spent beyond the annual
£30,000 maintenance allowance for residents of Downing Street.
Meanwhile,
Conservative Party staff have been given one week to hand over all
communication related to renovations of Mr Johnson’s flat or face criminal
consequences, according to reports.
The Times and
The Sun reported on Saturday that all Conservative Party staff received an
email from human resources in the name of Alan Mabbutt, a senior official and
registered legal officer, about the commission’s inquiry which told them: “You
are put on notice that this is a criminal investigation.”
The email
instructed that all communications had to be provided to the investigation by 7
May.
The approach
to donors over nanny costs was also reported in the Mail on Sunday, which said
Tory bankrollers were also asked to cover the cost of a personal trainer for
the prime minister.
Boris spoke
person deny that donors had been approached, the newspaper said, but insisted
Mr Johnson had “personally paid” for both members of staff.
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