British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces further legal trouble.

This time it's about the renovation of the flat at 10 Downing Street and who paid for it.

A London law firm working for the Labor Party has written a letter to the police.

In it, she calls for investigations into suspected bribery against Boris Johnson.

Scotland Yard acknowledged receipt of the letter.

It will be checked by the responsible unit, investigations have not been initiated, said a spokesman.

Oliver Kuehn

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The cause revolves around the apartment in Johnson's office.

Shortly after he moved in, it was due to be renovated.

Each incumbent is entitled to £30,000 a year for this.

However, the actual cost rose to more than £110,000.

The question of finances was virulent from the start.

Johnson wanted to set up a foundation headed by Lord Brownlow and have donors pay for the renovation work.

However, that did not happen.

But since Johnson had already placed orders, Brownlow paid the costs.

After this became known, the "ethics adviser" Lord Geidt examined the proceedings and certified Johnson not to have known that Brownlow had personally paid.

Text messages later surfaced from Johnson to Brownlow asking about cost recovery.

In the same breath, he promised Brownlow that he would pass on a project he was running to the responsible authorities.

"Ethics adviser" Lord Geidt was furious that Johnson had not passed the news to him, but in January closed a repeat inquiry saying Johnson had not violated ministerial code but had acted "imprudently".

The Labor lawyers do not want to be satisfied with that.

They claim in the letter to the Metropolitan Police, from which the Guardian quoted on Thursday, that there are aspects that have not yet been investigated.

They demand that the authority should examine Johnson's behavior for corruption and bribery.

If such facts came to light from someone else, the police would “rightly feel it was their duty” to investigate them.

However, this is not the only new adversity Johnson could face at the moment.

The police also spoke up on Wednesday about the “Partygate” affair.

The agency is already investigating 12 meetings at Johnson's official residence.

These had taken place there while there was a strict ban on gatherings in the country.

This week, a picture emerged showing Johnson taking a "Christmas quiz."

An open champagne bottle can also be seen in the picture.

The event was previously known but not part of Scotland Yard's investigation.

The authorities are now examining whether they should also include it.

Boris Johnson commented on the cause during a visit to Brussels on Thursday.

He's waiting for the investigation to end.

That is the time when he will comment on it, he said.

Former Conservative Prime Minister John Major has not held back for that long.

Johnson broke the law, he said in a speech on Thursday.

The prime minister and government seemed to think the rules didn't apply to them.

This is "politically deadly" and causes the reputation of the government and politics "to die a little more", according to Major.

Johnson is fighting for his political survival.

On Wednesday he tried to rally at least those MPs behind him who are skeptical about the corona restrictions.

All measures should expire in two weeks, he announced in the lower house.

This would move the previous schedule forward by about a month.