Sam Blyth was guarantor of credit facility of up to £800,000 that helped fund Johnson’s lifestyle, it has emerged
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Johnson benefited from the backing of Sam Blyth, a Canadian millionaire businessman in the education sector, who is a second cousin of the former prime minister’s father, Stanley. He is understood to have had use of the credit facility from February 2021 while in No 10 but did not draw down the full amount.
Asked about the arrangement, Blyth told the Guardian it was “much less” than £800,000 and it was “done on fully commercial terms and fully approved beforehand by the Cabinet Office and ethics”. “Nothing was asked for or given by the PM for this,” he added. “And he knew nothing about the British Council role until I informed him that I had declined to be a candidate.”
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