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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dave Burke

Watchdog looks at £220,000 taxpayers' bill for Boris Johnson Partygate defence

The government's spending watchdog is looking into whether billing taxpayers £220,000 defending Boris Johnson over the Partygate scandal is money well spent.

It emerged this week that legal fees had rocketed as the former Prime Minister battles allegations that he misled Parliament.

Labour has piled pressure on Rishi Sunak to "stand up" to Mr Johnson and make him pay for it himself.

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