A former top government official has revealed Boris Johnson was briefed in person about allegations of wrongdoing by former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher.
The former permanent secretary at the Foreign Office Lord McDonald has said in a letter to the parliamentary standards commissioner that the Prime Minister was briefed "in person" about an investigation into the Tory MP's conduct as a foreign office minister.
In a letter to the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Kathryn Stone Sir Simon McDonald suggested Downing Street lied.
