‘Carrie-gate’ swells as Downing Street admits it did speak to The Times before story about £100k job for Boris Johnson’s girlfriend was dropped

In a dramatic new development, Downing Street reluctantly admitted this afternoon there were indeed talks between Number 10 and The Times before Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper dropped a story that claimed Boris Johnson tried to appoint his now wife to a Government role when he was Foreign Secretary. According to the story in The Times on [...]