Boris Johnson's plush wedding party will no longer take place at the Prime Minister's country residence at Chequers following a backlash from taxpayers.
It was announced hours after he tendered his resignation that the Tory leader would hold a celebration to mark his marriage to Carrie Johnson.
The pair got married in May last year during the coronavirus pandemic, however due to restrictions numbers it was a limited celebration.
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A small group of family and friends attended the wedding, organised in strict secrecy, which was followed by a reception in the gardens of 10 Downing Street.
It was known the pair planned to have a larger celebration in 2022, when coronavirus restrictions were likely to be relaxed.
Our sister paper the Mirror revealed yesterday that Johnson wanted to cling onto power until October to hold the event at Chequers, however it has now been moved.
A source told the BBC that "nothing had been 100 per cent firmed up" but a different venue will be used.
The Sun newspaper, which first reported on the change of plans, quotes sources who label as "frankly absurd" the suggestion that the wedding event had an influence on Johnson's desire to stay on as caretaker.
Newly-installed Education Secretary James Cleverly had earlier told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that a new prime minister should let the couple have their wedding party at Chequers even if Johnson is gone by then.
Cleverly said: "I think that if that is done by that point in time, I suspect that it would be a rather generous action of the new prime minister to allow that to go ahead.
"Private functions like that do not impose a burden on the public purse...
"I think it's churlish to be negative about two people who want to celebrate their marriage and their love for each other."
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