one final question, kier starmer is asking for a full inquiry, sir kier starmer into election cronyismen the prime minister says he was trying to get stuff done quickly at the beginning of the pandemic. what difference will fill inquiry make if it is that hard to get to the bottom of this? first of all, johnson saying that he was moving heaven and earth, he was actually sorting out his private life when the pandemic started. he was on holiday. forget moving heaven and earth. as for an inquiry, i agree with you, but it is about bottoming out the facts. finally, we seem to have journalists who are going up to this story properly, they seem to understand there is something deeply troubling about having as prime minister this guy whose dishonest. you call it cronyism, call it what it is, if we are talking about contracts being delivered to people who were not entitled to it, on the basis they have connections with the conservative party are all the rest of it, there was a headline on german television last night, corruption in the tory party. that is what they called it. let's stop all the

that's not labour's view — sir kier starmer says the lack of clarity over who paid and when is farcicalnvestigations into the matter. here's our political correspondent chris mason. the apparently simple can sometimes take a while to work out. borisjohnson was asked again today about his downing street flat and who initially paid for its makeover. he was repeatedly dismissive at what he described as a "farrago of nonsense". i don't think there's anything to see here or to worry about. i don't think that this is the number—one issue for the people of our country, indeed by several orders of magnitude. the prime minister insists he paid what he owed for sprucing up the living quarters here and will declare what he needs to. but he won't say if he borrowed the money, and if so from whom. and all of this is meant to be published. the matter is keeping a lot of people busy. earlier this week, the country's top civil servant, simon case, told mps he was conducting a review at the request of the prime minister into how the refurb was paid for. the electoral commission, which regulates the mone

labour leader kier starmer has accused the prime minister of presiding over what he called a return to raised but insisted the review he's ordered would get to the bottom of the issue. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. calls for alarm? labour thinks it is onto something. labour thinks it's onto something. after weeks of claims about an all too close relationship between politics and those trying to turn a profit, it was borisjohnson�*s turn to answer. questions to the prime minister. after it was revealed that the man who used to stand in his place argued for the interest of a now failed bank to those in every day argued for the interest of a now failed back to those in power. argued for the interest of a now failed bank to those in power. there is further evidence of the sleaze that is now at the heart of this conservative government. does the prime minister except there is a revolving door, indeed, an open door, between his conservative government and paid lobbyists? mr speaker, this is a government and party that has been consistently tough on lobbying, and indeed we int

labour leader kier starmer has accused the prime minister of presiding over what he called a return tosjohnson said he shared the concerns raised the greensill scandal is just the tip of the iceberg. privileged access, jobs for their mates, this is the return of tory sleaze. it's not so ingrained in this conservative government, we don't need another conservative appointees marking their own homework stop more a listen to the prime minister, the more i think that ted hastings is needed to get to the bottom of this one. borisjohnson said he shared the concerns raised but insisted the review he's ordered would get to the bottom of the issue. top civil servants should be able to engage with business and have experience in the private sector. when i look at the accounts i'm leaving today, it's not clear that those boundaries have been properly understood, and i've asked for a proper independent review of the arrangements that we have to be conducted, and he will be reporting injune and if he has any representations he wishes to make on that subject, he should do so. stay with us on bbc new

labour leader kier starmer has accused the prime minister of presiding over what he called a return toe concerns raised but insisted the review he's ordered would get to the bottom of the issue. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. cause for alarm? labour thinks it's onto something. after weeks of claims about an all too close relationship between politics and those trying to turn a profit, it was boris johnson's turn to answer. questions to the prime minister. after it was revealed that the man who used to stand in his place argued for the interest of a now failed back to those in power. every day, there is further evidence of the sleaze that is now at the heart of this conservative government. does the prime minister except there is a revolving door, indeed, an open door, between his conservative government and paid lobbyists? mr speaker, this is a government and party that has been consistently tough on lobbying, and indeed, we introduced legislation, saying that there should be no taxpayer funded lobbying. the opposition leader used this occasion tojog his memory. the gree

labour leader kier starmer has accused the prime minister of presiding over what he called a return tor political editor laura kuenssberg. calls for alarm? labour thinks it is onto something. after weeks of claims about an all too close relationship between politics and those trying to turn a profit it was borisjohnson's turn to answer. question to the prime minister. it was revealed that the man who used to stand in his place argued for the interest of a now failed back to those in every day there is further evidence of the sleaze that is now at the heart of this conservative government. does the prime minister except there is a revolving door, indeed an open door, between his conservative government and paid lobbyists? mr speaker, this is a government and party that has been consistently tough on lobbying, and indeed we introduced legislation, saying that there should be no taxpayer funded lobbying. the opposition leader tried tojog his memory. the greensill scandal is that bit of the iceberg. dodgy contracts, privileged access, jobs for their mates, this is the return of tory sleaze

labour's leader kier starmer is a former head of public prosecutions — the images of him grilling borisjohnsonrday were a big moment in the story. today, away from parliament, he had more questions. i think this is getting a bit farcical. i think the prime minister could actually deal with this very, very quickly. all he's got to do is answer a very simple question, which is who paid, initially, for the redecoration of your flat? now, i'm thinking of people who are watching this, i think most people would say, if i had my flat redecorated, i'd be able to answer that question. labour has also pointed out that the previous adviser on ministerial standards quit his post last year because boris johnson rejected his advice. lord geidt is his replacement. this was liz kendall from labour earlier. the new one, who's onlyjust been appointed because the prime minister is under pressure, doesn't have the power to even initiate investigations. you know, it's notjust that borisjohnson would be marking his own homework, he would be deciding he doesn't have any to do at all. committee on standards advisers