Boris Johnson took accommodation worth £10,000 from Tory donor’s wife

Lord and Lady Bamford at an event in 2020. Boris and Carrie Johnson’s wedding reception in the grounds of the Bamfords’ 18th-century mansion in July is said to have included a steel band, Abba songs and a conga. Photograph: Dave Benett/Getty Images for Positive Luxury

Boris Johnson accepted free accommodation worth £10,000 from the wife of the leading Tory donor who hosted his wedding party this summer, it has emerged.

The updated register of MPs’ interests shows that the former prime minister accepted a £10,000 gift from Lady Carole Bamford, for “concessionary use of accommodation for me and my family in September”.