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Boris Johnson borrowed £52,000 for Downing Street refurb

Prime minister repaid money covered by a Conservative donor after details of the arrangement were leaked

Boris Johnson borrowed £52,000 for Downing Street refurb
Boris Johnson’s Downing Street refurb included included £840-a-roll gold wallpaper | PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo
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Boris Johnson was lent £52,000 for a controversial refurbishment of his Downing Street flat, documents reveal.

The Conservative Party today admitted that the prime minister “personally settled the costs incurred by Lord Brownlow”, a party donor who helped finance the work.

Johnson’s wife, Carrie, once described the flat inherited from Theresa May as a “John Lewis furniture nightmare”.