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Boris Johnson's mobile number is available online and has been for 15 years, it emerged tonight. Popular gossip newsletter Popbitch gave its readers clues on how to find the Prime Minister's number, pointing them to a press release from his time as MP for Henley in 2006.  The number, which the PM hasn't changed in the 15 years since, is written on the bottom of the press release.  It comes just days after it was revealed that Mr Johnson refused to change his number, despite concerns that he was constantly being approached for help because it is so widely known. Cabinet Secretary Simon Case ...

Sir James Dyson has hit back at claims he acted inappropriately in texts with Boris Johnson and insisted he did not try to 'extract favours from the Prime Minister'. Speaking for the first time since the messages emerged last week, Sir James, 73, accused the BBC of 'grotesque mischaracterisation' over links between him and the Conservative Party.  He also said it was 'entirely the right thing' for Mr Johnson to contact him directly about proposed changes to the tax status of his employees making ventilators during the pandemic.    Sir James said: 'The BBC's characterisation of me as a pr...

Billionaire tycoon Sir James Dyson wrote an official letter to the Treasury  Asked for tax status of staff to remain same if they moved to UK from Singapore  But in a private text, Boris Johnson told Sir James that he 'will fix it' himself The Prime Minister then added 'Rishi [Sunak] says it is fixed!! We need you here' Two weeks later, Rishi Sunak told MPs that those coming into UK to offer help during the pandemic would not see a change in their tax status It is the latest in a string of lobbying questions facing the Conservative Party

BBC News Published image copyrightPA Media/BBC image captionThe BBC has seen text exchanges between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and businessman Sir James Dyson Boris Johnson assured Sir James Dyson his employees would not have to pay extra tax if they came to the UK to make ventilators during the pandemic. Sir James, whose firm is now based in Singapore, wrote to the Treasury to ask for no change in tax status for staff. But in text messages sent in March 2020 - seen by the BBC - Sir James then went directly to the PM, with Mr Johnson replying: "I will fix it."

Nicola Sturgeon has blasted Boris Johnson's texts with Sir James Dyson as having 'a powerful stench of sleaze'. The First Minister, who has been wrapped up in her own scandal over the Alex Salmond inquiry in the last year, condemned the Tories for 'behind-the-scenes deals'. But she conceded the beginning of the pandemic last March was a desperate time to keep people safe. Her withering comments came after Boris Johnson made 'absolutely no apology at all' for text message exchanges with Sir James. The vacuum cleaner tycoon had asked about the tax status of his employees if they working in Br...