Complaint To Police Watchdog Against Boris Johnson Was ‘Politically Motivated’, Insists Theresa Villiers

“The prime minister has been clear there is nothing to see here,” the Tory frontbencher said. “I do feel this is a distraction and it is people seeking to use the complaints process in a highly political way.” 

But Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn denied claims the complaint against Johnson was a case of political opportunism.

“A wholly independent assessment has looked at evidence of the payments made by the mayor’s office to one particular company and says there are serious questions to answer,” he told reporters.  

“I think the job of the prime minister is to answer those questions.

“When you hold public office, and you’re also the police commissioner for London, you’ve got to be very careful about how you spread that public money out.”

“He’s given it to a company that has questions to answer and I think the prime minister should agree now and co-operate with the Greater London Authority inquiry.”

Meanwhile, shadow chancellor John McDonnell tweeted: “It’s important to note that this was a decision taken by the GLA monitoring officer, who is a completely, independent non-political official.”