Labour calls for inquiry into Boris Johnson’s £800,000 line of credit

Former PM ‘may have breached code of conduct’, says opposition

Labour is calling for an investigation into Boris Johnson’s finances while at No 10 after he reportedly used a millionaire relative to back an £800,000 line of credit.

The party has written to parliamentary commissioner for standards Daniel Greenberg following a report that Canadian businessman Sam Blyth acted as a guarantor for a credit facility for the then-prime minister.

Labour chair Anneliese Dodds called for an “urgent investigation”, citing the MPs’ code of conduct that “holders of public office should not place themselves under any financial or other obligation to outside individuals or organisations that might influence them”.