No 10 spoke to Times before Carrie Johnson story dropped
Downing Street calls a report about Carrie Johnson "not true", but a journalist says it was "100%" correct.
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Downing Street calls a report about Carrie Johnson "not true", but a journalist says it was "100%" correct.
Downing Street has confirmed it was in conversation with The Times around the time the newspaper dropped a report claiming Boris Johnson tried to appoint his now wife to a government role when he was foreign secretary.
Newspaper swiftly withdrew article alleging Boris Johnson tried to hire his future wife as chief of staff
The claim that Boris Johnson sought to appoint his partner as his chief of staff has now received far more attention.
What happened to a story published in The Times of London that was critical of Prime Minister Boris Johnson? The disappearance has London’s media world guessing.