British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced more allegations on Sunday about his expenditure on the refurbishment of his apartment and on childcare for his young son, which his foreign minister dismissed as baseless gossip. The newspaper also reported that a Conservative Party donor had been asked to pay for a nanny for Johnson's young son, Wilfred. His party also faces a parliamentary by-election in Hartlepool, northern England, which the opposition Labour Party has controlled for decades. Such is uproar over the cost of the Downing Street refurbishment that Johnson last week even expressed his "love" for John Lewis, a retailer adored by millions of British voters. Tatler magazine had cited an unidentified source as saying the work had improved the apartment after the "John Lewis furniture nightmare" inherited from former Prime Minister Theresa May.

Source: Irish Independent May 02, 2021 11:15 UTC