Boris Johnson flat row: minister defends PM, saying he has been following advice of officials – live

Latest updates: vaccines minister suggests officials would be to blame if Johnson had failed to declare donations to cover original refurb cost

Good morning - although if you’re in Downing Street, it probably won’t feel like that. The flat refurbishment scandal is intensifying, and today’s front pages will make grim reading for Boris Johnson.\nThis morning Nadhim Zahawi, the vaccine deployment minister, was doing the morning interview round but he struggled to say anything likely to change the way the prime minister’s behaviour is perceived.

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