Boris Johnson faces more questions over personal spending

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British prime minister Boris Johnson. Picture by Dan Kitwood/PA Wire

Guy Faulconbridge

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced more allegations on Sunday about his expenditure on the refurbishment of his apartment and on childcare for his young son, which his foreign minister dismissed as baseless gossip.

Johnson has repeatedly weathered gaffes, crises over Brexit and disclosures of his adultery, but the revelation that he and his fiancée, Carrie Symonds, spent lavishly to redecorate their residence with a designer feted by royalty has touched a nerve.