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re: Boris on HOL AGAIN as Brits Face Cuts & Shortages Crisis
Boris Johnson Under Investigation by Standards Watchdog Over £15,000 Caribbean Break
The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards is probing how the Prime Minister paid for a luxury break to the island of Mustique - with key questions still unanswered 17 months on
Boris Johnsons’ flat refurbishment is also being investigated
Daily Mirror UK,.10 MAY 2021.
Prime Minister Boris Johnsons' financial affairs are under investigation
Boris Johnson's partner Carrie Symonds during the Caribbean trip
Boris Johnson is being investigated by Parliament's standards watchdog over the funding of a £15,000 break he enjoyed to the Caribbean.
The Prime Minister and fiancee Carrie Symonds jetted to the island of Mustique for a New Year getaway following the Tories' 2019 election landslide.
But a row quickly erupted of how exactly the luxury trip to the private paradise isle was funded.
New transparency rules today meant the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards has revealed she is investigating the Prime Minister for a possible breach of the MPs' Code of Conduct.
It comes a year and five months after he and Carrie Symonds enjoyed a trip to the elite island
The investigation is likely to raise fresh questions about whether Mr Johnson is relying on friends and allies to maintain his lifestyle.
He has still not declared whether he took a loan from a Tory donor to fund a £58,000 refurbishment of the Downing Street flat.
And he has refused to deny a Tory donor was approached about the prospect of funding a nanny for his and Carrie Symonds' son Wilfred.
The flat refurbishment is already facing three separate inquiries, including one by the Electoral Commission into whether an offence was committed over donations.
Mr Johnson and Miss Symonds, who announced their engagement less than three months later, stayed on a villa on the island, part of St Vincent and the Grenadines, between Boxing Day and January 5, 2020
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