"Wallpapergate" meaning in English

See Wallpapergate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From wallpaper + -gate. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|wallpaper|gate}} wallpaper + -gate Head templates: {{en-prop}} Wallpapergate
  1. (UK politics, informal) A 2021 controversy around the refurbishment in 2020 of the flat above 11 Downing Street, the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, amid allegations in the press that an undisclosed loan had been used to help finance it. Tags: UK, informal Categories (topical): UK politics
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