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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gavin Cordon

Johnson was told of Pincher inquiry, says ex-Foreign Office chief

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Boris Johnson was briefed “in person” about an investigation into the conduct of Chris Pincher when he was a Foreign Office minister, the former permanent secretary at the Foreign Office has said.

Lord McDonald of Salford has submitted a formal complaint to Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Kathryn Stone saying the account given by Downing Street was “not true”.

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