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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Will Durrant

Johnson urged to explain dealings with Mohammed bin Salman since leaving No 10

Boris Johnson in 2024 (James Manning/PA) - (PA Archive)

Boris Johnson has been rapped by Whitehall’s appointments watchdog for allegedly failing to explain his dealings with the Saudi crown prince after leaving No 10.

Mr Johnson said a series of media reports, in which it was claimed he lobbied a senior Saudi official he met while in office to share a pitch with Mohammed bin Salman, came from “material illegally hacked by a hostile state actor”.

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