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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan, Deputy Online Political Editor in Gujarat, India & Ben Glaze

Boris Johnson flies 4,000 miles to India on taxpayer - and meets donor tycoon on first day

Boris Johnson has travelled more than 4,000 miles to India - where he managed to squeeze in a visit a Tory donor’s factory on his first day.

The Prime Minister made space in his jam-packed schedule to tour a new JCB facility in Vadodara, Gujarat, owned by Conservative peer Lord Bamford.

JCB chairman Lord Bamford, his family and businesses have given some £14 million in cash and gifts to the Conservative Party since 2001.

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