British Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie Johnson (Henry Nicholls/PA)
(Picture: PA Wire)Downing Street on Monday reiterated denials that the Prime Minister attempted to place his then girlfriend in a £100,000 a year Government job while he was Foreign Secretary, and suggestions No 10 suppressed the story when it appeared in the press.
Over the weekend the Times reported claims that Boris Johnson had tried to hire his now wife, Carrie, as his chief of staff in the Foreign Office.
