Call for inquiry into Boris Johnson’s Chequers dinner with billionaire relative

Exclusive: Cabinet secretary asked to examine whether ministerial code broken

Boris Johnson is facing a potential inquiry into whether he breached the ministerial code by using Chequers for a dinner with the BBC chairman and a billionaire relative who backed a loan.

The Liberal Democrats have written to cabinet secretary Simon Case asking him to investigate whether the then-prime minister discussed his own financial affairs at the grace-and-favour state mansion.

Mr Johnson used Chequers to host a dinner with BBC chair Richard Sharp and his distant Canadian cousin Sam Blyth – the guarantor for a credit facility of up to £800,000 – in May 2021.