Boris Johnson had dinner in lockdown with peer funding flat refit, files suggest

Apparent meeting with David Brownlow is one of several potential further lockdown breaches revealed in Boris Files

Boris Johnson hosted the Tory peer who funded a lavish refurbishment of his Downing Street flat for dinner the day after the second national coronavirus lockdown came into force in an apparent breach of the rules, leaked files suggest.

David Brownlow, who provided 58,000 to cover some of the cost of the renovations, which included 2,260 worth of gold" wallpaper, joined the then prime minister in the small dining room at No 10 on Friday 6 November 2020.