Jacob Rees-Mogg said he did not recollect feeding the Prime Minister the controversial jibe about Sir Keir Starmer failing to prosecute Jimmy Savile while he was director of public prosecutions.
The Sunday Times reported that Mr Rees-Mogg, who has been moved from Commons Leader to the newly minted position of Brexit opportunities minister in the Prime Minister’s mini-reshuffle, “originally whispered” the idea of using the attack to Boris Johnson in the House of Commons last week.
