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Boris Johnson's legal fees could cost taxpayer more than £222,000, says top civil servant

The government could spend more than £222,000 of public money on legal advice for Boris Johnson as he faces an investigation into whether he deliberately misled parliament over what he knew about partygate, a senior civil servant has confirmed.