Boris Johnson fears Carrie Symonds’ No10 makeover may cost £200,000

Boris Johnson fears the final bill for Carrie Symonds’s lavish makeover of their Downing Street flat could be as high as £200,000.

He told aides of his worries in crisis meetings on how to pay for his fiancee’s refurbishment. 

A source said the Cabinet Office had asked Conservative chiefs if party HQ has paid for some of the work – but failed to get an answer.

The Prime Minister faced further trouble last night over claims that Whitehall ethics chiefs have refused to approve his secret bid to help raise funds for the makeover by setting up a ‘Downing Street charity’.

Well-placed sources have provided new details of No 10 talks dating back nearly a year over how the refurbishment would be financed.

Boris Johnson fears the final bill for Carrie Symonds’s lavish makeover of their Downing Street flat could be as high as £200,000

The Prime Minister told aides of his worries in crisis meetings on how to pay for his fiancee’s refurbishment (pictured)

The Daily Mail has been told that Mr Johnson was present when a plan was mooted to ask Tory donors – including environment minister Lord [Zac] Goldsmith, a close friend of Miss Symonds, and billionaire JCB construction boss Lord Bamford – to contribute. It is not known whether either man has provided funds. 

This newspaper has been told of concern among some senior Tory figures over whether it was ‘appropriate’ for party funds to be used ‘in effect, to subsidise the Prime Minister and his partner’s lifestyle’. 

Meanwhile, The Mail reveals today that Mr Johnson and Miss Symonds have also enjoyed an estimated £12,500 of food deliveries in Downing Street, including prepared meals, from a luxury organic farmshop owned by Lord Bamford’s wife. 

A No10 spokesman said: ‘The costs of food for personal consumption are met by Boris Johnson.’

It follows a furore sparked by our revelation on Tuesday that the Prime Minister is trying to set up a charity to help foot the bill for the flat refurbishment.

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