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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dave Burke

MPs demand Boris Johnson pay his own Partygate legal fees as taxpayers face £245,000 bill

A call for multi-millionaire Boris Johnson to pay his own £245,000 Partygate legal fees has been put before MPs.

Labour MP Karl Turner has tabled a motion saying it is "inappropriate" for taxpayers to foot the bill and urged the Commons to step in.

The huge sum is being spent defending Mr Johnson in a probe by the Privileges Committee, which is investigating whether he deliberately misled Parliament.

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