The prime minister’s official jet was used for a “boozy jolly” by civil servants, in keeping with a report.
Sky News understands plenty of officers joined the 91-minute journey over the UK – and that it occurred with “usual catering for a flight”.
The Sun newspaper claims that throughout the 700-mile journey – which reportedly price £50,000 – a “fancy meal with a selection of alcoholic drinks” was served.
Flight information reveals it took off from Stansted and headed to the Lake District earlier than returning.
A press release on behalf of the federal government, given to Sky News, stated: “In order to comply with Airbus and aviation industry rules, the aircraft was legally bound to operate a maintenance flight before 4 September or face significant additional storage costs.”
It is claimed that the journey by plenty of Foreign Office civil servants was mandatory to make sure that – following “a recent reconfiguration of the aircraft” – it might “still meet ministerial requirements”.
Labour’s shadow commerce secretary Emily Thornberry instructed The Sun: “This would be utterly disgraceful behaviour at the best of times, but in the middle of our country’s current crisis, it is shameful beyond words.”
The RAF Voyager airplane is shared between Boris Johnson and the Royal Family. Once gray, it was resprayed white, and given a Union Jack on its tail in a controversial £900,000 makeover.
The information of the alleged “jolly” comes as Boris Johnson and his allies have launched a authorized fightback in opposition to a Commons inquiry into claims he lied to parliament about partygate.
The inquiry into Mr Johnson, by the all-party Privileges Committee, has been denounced as “a witch-hunt” and “a kangaroo court” by his allies after the committee introduced it might rule in opposition to him even when he didn’t intentionally mislead MPs.
Source: information.sky.com”