Angela Rayner accuses Boris Johnson of trying to install a ‘sham group of Tory stooges’

Parliament’s ethics watchdog has been urged to investigate Boris Johnson’s Downing Street finances in the wake of this week’s sleaze scandal, as Kathryn Stone was said to be undeterred by government attempts to undermine her.

Angela Rayner, Labour’s deputy leader, called on Stone, the parliamentary standards commissioner, to open a new investigation into the refurbishment of the prime ministerial flat, which reportedly cost £200,000 and was initially funded by a Tory donor.

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