Minister given 'assurance' Boris Johnson didn't know about 'serious' Chris Pincher allegation
A Tory minister says he has been given a "categorical assurance" that Boris Johnson was not aware of "serious specific allegations" against his former deputy chief whip.
The whip was removed from the Tamworth MP after he resigned following allegations of groping two men in a private members' club in London last week.Quine insisted that Johnson was not aware of any specific allegations against Pincher before appointing him in February earlier this year.He said: "I have been given categorical assurance that the Prime Minister was not aware of any serious specific allegation with regards to the former deputy chief whip.
Quince also said he "doesn't give much credibility" to what Dominic Cummings says, after the former No 10 adviser alleged that Johnson had referred to Chris Pincher as "Pincher by name, pincher by nature" long before appointing him in February.
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