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Robert Dex

Taxpayers face a £245,000 bill for Boris Johnson’s legal team for the Partygate inquiry

The bill to the taxpayer for former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Partygate inquiry lawyers has risen to £245,000.

The politician is being investigated by MPs over whether he misled parliament over parties held in Downing Street during lockdown and is facing calls to cover the legal costs himself.

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