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The National (Scotland)
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Angus Cochrane

Dominic Cummings backs hushed-up claim the PM tried to hire Carrie Johnson

Boris Johnson is accused of trying to hire now-wife Carrie to government roles on two occasions

DOMINIC Cummings has supported allegations that Boris Johnson tried to hire his now-wife to a government role while he was foreign secretary – and claims it wasn't the only time. 

According to a report in The Times on Saturday – which was mysteriously pulled from later editions of the paper – Johnson tried in 2018 to appoint Carrie Johnson, then called Carrie Symonds, as his £100,000-a-year chief of staff.

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