Downing Street claimed on Friday last week that the Prime Minister was not aware of “any specific allegations” about Pincher, who faces allegations of sexual harassment. But Lord MacDonald of Salford, the former head of the Foreign Office, claimed this morning that No 10 had failed to tell the truth. Lord MacDonald of Salford wrote to the parliamentary standards commissioner saying Johnson had been briefed “in person” about an inquiry into Pincher’s conduct as foreign secretary @[email protected] He said the Foreign Office and the Cabinet Office had launched an investigation into allegations about Pincher’s behavior in 2019 and found against him. Pincher had accepted the findings. McDonald also revealed that a senior official had briefed the prime minister at the time. Michael Ellis, the minister for the
