Downing Street has refused to say whether Boris Johnson will give evidence to a Greater London Authority inquiry into whether he acted with “honesty and integrity” in his former capacity as the capital’s mayor with regards to his relations with businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri.
Asked if the prime minister would be willing to provide evidence to the inquiry into whether he had breached these principles while in office, his press secretary Allegra Stratton said the question was “hypothetical”, adding: “Let’s cross all those bridges when they come.”
Ms Stratton also insisted there were “no plans whatsoever” to cut Scotland’s share of UK spending, after first minister Nicola Sturgeon claimed to delegates at the SNP’s online conference that she was “pretty sure” Westminster would “like to” do so, but “probably think they wouldn’t get away with” it due to her party’s “strength”.
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