No 10 admits PM was aware of claims about disgraced Tory MP Chris Pincher
The Metro says BORIS JOHNSON was ‘aware’ of allegations against Chris Pincher when he was appointed as deputy chief whip.
Mr Pincher resigned on Thursday after reportedly ‘admitting to drunkenly assaulting two men’.
He quit in a letter to Mr Johnson, admitting he ‘embarrassed’ himself while intoxicated the night before.
Yesterday, cabinet minister Therese Coffey had told Sky News she didn’t believe the Prime Minister had been ‘aware’ of the incidents prior to the letter.
But a No 10 spokesperson has today said the Tory leader was ‘aware’ but it would have been ‘not appropriate’ for him to step in.
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