Call to halt Boris Johnson’s £115,000 allowance after Boris Files revelations

Senior politicians want taxpayer-funded support for former PM suspended, as watchdog opens investigation

Senior politicians have called for Boris Johnson's 115,000 taxpayer-funded annual allowance to be suspended after revelations in the Guardian suggested that the former prime minister may have used his private office to profit from contacts he gained in office.

The government ethics watchdog, which monitors the activities of former ministers and senior civil servants, has also opened an investigation into Johnson's newly revealed contacts and income since leaving office.