Boris Johnson’s private apartments. The former Chancellor is said to have been told arrangements would mirror those of the White House and the trust would have been run by Tory donor Lord David Brownlow.Darling, who lived above Downing Street when he was Gordon Brown’s chancellor, turned down the role amid fears that it would be a vehicle for donors to buy influence at the very heart of government in return for a peerage.Darling informed Keir Starmer’s office of the decision and is reported not to have been explicitly told the refurbishment was of the PM’s personal living space, the flat above Number 11 Downing Street.Labour accused the government of being “misleading” over claims they had “engagement” with the opposition over the.
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