U.K.’s Johnson Risks Probe by Parliament’s Conduct Watchdog
- Labour MP asks standards commissioner to probe works to flat
- Premier faces four probes of work to refurbish his residence
Boris Johnson arrives at number 10 Downing Street in London, on April 28.
Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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The U.K. parliamentary sleaze watchdog may probe whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson broke the code of conduct for Members of Parliament by failing to properly declare how the refurbishment of his government residence was funded.
Labour MP Margaret Hodge on Thursday wrote to Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards in the House of Commons Kathryn Stone requesting the investigation, a day after the Electoral Commission announced its own probe into the matter. Johnson has denied wrongdoing.