New inquiry opened into Boris Johnson’s relationship with Jennifer Arcuri

US businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri has formally offered to help the Greater London Authority (GLA) by allowing it to inspect her diary and agreeing to be be questioned by investigators.

The diary extracts were disclosed last week in the Observer.

Arcuri’s decision to cooperate with the GLA’s investigation reopens the prospect of Johnson facing an investigation for a potential criminal offence. 

“I am prepared to show you or your investigators copies of the relevant pages”, Arcuri wrote to the GLA. “However, I currently reside in the United States, so it would mean you or they [the IOPC] travelling here for that purpose. In that event, I would also be prepared to be interviewed, if that assists”.

Responding to the revelations last week, a government spokesperson said: “As mayor, Boris Johnson followed all the legal requirements in the Greater London Assembly’s … code of conduct at the time”.