Taxpayers are set to be billed more than a million pounds for Boris Johnson ’s new lawyers, after he sacked the government-provided legal team defending him at the Covid-19 inquiry.
Labour last night said it was “outrageous” that hard-working taxpayers will continue to pay Mr Johnson’s legal bills, as he “rakes in millions from globe-trotting speaking gigs”.
Mr Johnson cut ties with the law firm hired by the Cabinet Office after his diaries were passed to the Met and Thames Valley Police over alleged lockdown rule breaking at Downing Street and Chequers.
