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

Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie

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

Boris Johnson’s former ethics adviser Lord Geidt is said to believe that claims the PM tried to appoint his future wife Carrie to a top government job could be “ripe” for investigation.

A report published in the first edition of The Times on Saturday alleged that Mr Johnson had attempted to install his then-girlfriend in a £100,000-a-year job in the Foreign Office in 2018.

The story was pulled from later editions after No 10 intervened, and Ms Johnson’s spokesperson described it as “totally untrue”, but Downing Street has so far refused to comment on the claim.

And No 10 did not deny a further report in the Daily Mirror today that Mr Johnson had discussed with aides the possibility of appointing Carrie as an ambassador in the run-up to last year’s COP26 global climate summit or as communications director for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Earthshot Prize.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-carrie-job-lord-geidt-b2105770.html