Boris Johnson has been issued with a county court judgement for an unpaid debt

  • Date: 12-May-2021
  • Source: Business Insider
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Middle East
  • Who else needs to know?

Boris Johnson has been issued with a county court judgement for an unpaid debt

Boris Johnson has been issued with a county court judgement for an unpaid debt. The judgement, revealed by the Private Eye magazine on Wednesday and seen by Insider, shows that the judgement against the UK Prime Minister came last October after failed to pay the debt of £535. Despite the debt being issued more than six months ago, it is rated as an "unsatisfied record," suggesting that it has yet to be paid off by the prime minister. Johnson's Downing Street residence is listed on the court judgement. It is not clear what the debt relates to, but such judgements when a person or organisation takes action against someone claiming they owe them money and the person does not respond. The judgement poses awkward questions for the prime minister, whose private financial arrangements have been under significant scrutiny in recent months. The government's : "Records of judgments are kept for 6 years unless you pay the full amount within a month — this can make it hard to get credit." "If you do owe the money, you should arrange to pay what you can afford." Johnson since arriving in Downing Street that his prime ministerial salary of around £160,000 is