Johnson ‘knew about Vote Leave’s illegal overspend’, says MP

Boris Johnson in Cambridge last week. ‘What’s clear is that Cummings, Johnson and Gove are absolutely in this up to their necks,’ said senior Labour MP Ian Lucas. Photograph: Geoff RobinsonBoris Johnson knew of Vote Leave’s overspend during the 2016 EU referendum, but appears to have failed to tell the authorities, according to explosive new claims from a senior MP. The payment was subsequently ruled to be illegal.Ian Lucas revealed that he has seen correspondence obtaine