Ignoring advice to settle with Sonia Khan may cost taxpayer up to £200,000, say sources

Boris Johnson wasted thousands of pounds of public money by ignoring formal advice to pay off a special adviser who was escorted out of Downing Street following a clash with Dominic Cummings.

Documents released on Tuesday show that the prime minister overruled the advice of the civil service’s chief executive, John Manzoni, in March that the government should seek a settlement with Sonia Khan, a former adviser to the then chancellor, Sajid Javid.

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