BORIS Johnson faces an official probe into whether the refurbishment of his No11 flat broke the law.
In a bombshell announcement, the Electoral Commission watchdog announced a formal investigation into the doing up of his private residence and that there are grounds to believe an offence may have occurred.
If found guilty, the PM could face huge fines.
The move is a hammer blow to Bojo just days before crunch local elections, and will heap fresh pressure on him to finally come clean on the details of the murky funding arrangements behind the plush makeover.
The PM has been battered by a massive political storm over claims he went cap in hand to Tory donors to stump up megabucks so he could plaster No11 in £800-a-roll wallpaper and trendy pink sofas.
An Electoral Commission spokesperson said today: “We have been in contact with the Conservative Party since late March and have conducted an assessment of the information they have provided to us.
“We are now satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence or offences may have occurred. We will therefore continue this work as a formal investigation to establish whether this is the case.
“The investigation will determine whether any transactions relating to the works at 11 Downing Street fall within the regime regulated by the Commission and whether such funding was reported as required.
“We will provide an update once the investigation is complete. We will not be commenting further until that point.”
