The chancellor said he trusts Boris Johnson’s denials that he groped a female journalist and repeatedly refused to discuss any details of the allegation made by the Sunday Times journalist Charlotte Edwardes, or whether it should be investigated. Javid backed the prime minister’s version of events, telling Sky News: ‘I’m not getting drawn into it. I absolutely trust the prime minister and his word, but I’m not going to get drawn into what should or shouldn’t happen’
Edwardes claimed that at the lunch in 1999, Johnson groped her leg under a table, and also alleged that he did the same to another woman at the same event. Downing Street initially declined to comment on Sunday, but after senior ministers were questioned repeatedly about the claim a No 10 spokesperson said: 'The allegation is untrue'
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