Allegra Stratton
Press secretary Allegra Stratton swerves question on why the PM cannot pay for his own furniture and wallpaper.
The PM's press secretary Allegra Stratton also suggested cabinet reshuffle would see more women promoted.
Labour have questioned the government's priorities, describing the renovations as a "vanity project".
A Tory think tank had called for an inquiry into the influence of Boris Johnson’s fiancée.
Boris Johnson’s press secretary hits out, saying hospitalised veteran in PM’s thoughts “very frequently”.
"That would not be how we in No.10 would deal with these things," Boris Johnson's press secretary Allegra Stratton says.
PM under pressure to agree simple extension until the autumn.
PM's aide Allegra Stratton says Johnson's days are "jam packed" but says she "hopes" he feeds son Wilfred at night.
Downing Street says there was "nothing special" about Johnson's controversial trip to the Olympic park.
“They can ask for that and (it) should be taken seriously,” Boris Johnson’s press secretary, Allegra Stratton, tells reporters.