NAO says Cabinet Office failed to follow proper processes when taxpayers’ money was used to fund legal bills
The Cabinet Office failed to follow proper processes when it allowed taxpayers’ money to be used to fund Boris Johnson’s Partygate legal bills, the UK’s public spending watchdog has said.
Johnson was found to have committed five contempts of parliament after the year-long investigation into whether he misled parliament by denying any Covid rules were broken in No 10 during lockdown., the findings of its long-awaited audit were published on Tuesday. The Cabinet Office’s argument that there was precedent for spending public money defending serving or former ministers was also questioned by the NAO.
The Cabinet Office denied any incorrect processes were followed, and said there was an “established precedent” that ministers of all political colours could get legal support after they had left office when matters related to their time and conduct as a member of the government.
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