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Boris Johnson questioned over speculation about jobs for wife

The Prime Minister was challenged over reports that discussions had taken place about roles for Carrie Johnson.

The Independent UK

PM avoids denying he attempted to get Carrie Johnson top Foreign Office job

MPs look at whether watchdogs could investigate the claims after Boris Johnson refused to comment during PMQs

The Guardian - UK

Downing Street fails to deny claims over Carrie Johnson jobs

DOWNING Street has not refuted claims that Boris Johnson spoke with aides about getting wife Carrie Johnson two top jobs while Prime Minister.

The National (Scotland)

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No 10 doesn’t deny PM discussed getting Carrie Johnson environmental role

Mr Johnson discussed environmental roles for his wife for the Cop26 summit or with the Royal Family, sources told the Daily Mirror.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson: Lord Geidt ‘believes Carrie job claim ripe for investigation’

Ethics adviser who quit in fury thinks allegation ‘could be a matter for his successor’

The Independent UK

Labour to force Commons vote on new ethics watchdog after Lord Geidt’s exit

Keir Starmer’s party wants cross-party group of MPs to appoint adviser who can probe rule breaches

The Independent UK

No 10 confirms it asked the Times to drop Carrie Johnson story

Newspaper swiftly withdrew article alleging Boris Johnson tried to hire his future wife as chief of staff

The Guardian - UK

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No 10 spoke to Times before Carrie Johnson story pulled, Downing Street admits

The Times dropped a story claiming Boris Johnson tried to hire his now wife as his chief of staff when he was Foreign Secretary.

The Independent UK

No 10 reiterates denials Boris Johnson tried to hire Carrie as his chief of staff in Foreign Office

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.

Evening Standard

Carriegate: No 10 admits pressuring The Times to drop Carrie Johnson story

Claim that Johnson tried to install partner in high-paying Foreign Office job denied by wife’s spokesperson

The Independent UK

Geidt doubles down on claims No 10 wanted to break international law

PM’s former ethics adviser says reason given by Downing Street for his resignation was a ‘distraction’

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson may have to give evidence under oath about whether he lied to MPs

Privileges committee investigating whether PM misled parliament when he said ‘no Covid rules were broken’

The Guardian - UK

From Partygate to curtains: how Lord Geidt lost patience with Boris Johnson

Having been reluctant to take the job, Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser learned fast and often who he was dealing with

The Guardian - UK

Insulate Britain says government welcome to borrow its name

No 10 official’s name for an insulation plan was nixed for unoriginality – but the campaigning group is OK with it

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The Independent UK

Lord Geidt’s resignation: why did he go and what happens next?

Boris Johnson’s adviser on standards quit with a warning that the Prime Minister risked making a “mockery” of the ministerial code.

The Guardian - UK

Raab refuses to say if Geidt resignation letter will be published

Deputy PM tells Today programme of surprise at sudden decision of Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser to quit

The Independent UK

Geidt’s ‘rough grilling’ by MPs could have triggered shock exit, claims Raab

The Prime Minister’s adviser on ministerial ethics Lord Geidt announced his resignation on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK

No 10 refuses to say if ethics adviser will be replaced following Lord Geidt’s resignation after being put in ‘impossible position’ – as it happened

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Boris Johnson told to publish ethics adviser's bombshell resignation letter

DOWNING Street is under increasing pressure to publish the resignation letter submitted by Boris Johson’s ethics adviser.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson news: PM may not replace ethics adviser after Geidt quits

PM’s former ethics chief says PM considered deliberately breaching ministerial code

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s fresh partygate trauma after resignation of ethics adviser

Lord Geidt became the second ministerial interests adviser to quit during Mr Johnson’s premiership.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s new ‘cost of living tsar’ said he lacks intelligence and called for him to quit

‘Never confuse an expensive education with intelligence or integrity. I don’t think Boris is particularly blessed with either’

The Independent UK

Liz Truss to discuss Britons’ death sentences with Ukraine counterpart

Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, were convicted in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic.

The Guardian - UK

Hitting reset: Boris Johnson’s attempts to reboot No 10 image

Headline-grabbing decisions are often made by prime minister when he finds himself in a tight spot

The Guardian - UK

England going smoke-free by 2030 depends on No 10 willpower

Analysis: The question is not what is in the Khan review but whether its recommendations will be implement

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