UK opposition party calls for inquiry into UK PM flat 'cover-up'

FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's press secretary, Allegra Stratton, arrives at Downing Street in London, November 12, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party called on Tuesday for an investigation into whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson's press secretary "knowingly misled" journalists over the refurbishment of his official Downing Street flat.

Dominic Cummings, who was Johnson's key adviser on the Brexit campaign and helped him to win an election in 2019 before a bust-up last year, said on Friday that Johnson wanted donors to secretly pay for the renovation and he told the prime minister such plans were "unethical, foolish, possibly illegal".