The mounds would block views of the M25 from the historic Chevening House. Local people say up to 80 lorries a day will visit the site, damaging the environment. They have also claimed the scheme ...

Boris Johnson is to spend Christmas at the grace-and-favour mansion of Chevening after winning a battle with rival ministers for use of the taxpayer-funded home.

But it seems hopes of Chevening House being used by Boris Johnson any time soon have been dashed after ... It is understood that while the three ministers and Number 10 are happy with the plan, ...

The prime minister decides who uses Chevening, with the foreign secretary the usual beneficiary Plans to build four earth mounds at the foreign secretary's grace-and-favour country estate in Kent ...