How much power does Carrie Johnson wield?

New biography claims UK’s ‘first lady’ has meddled in PM’s decisions since 2019

Carrie Johnson
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Carrie Johnson is the target of a “brutal briefing campaign” by her husband’s “enemies”, her spokesperson has said.

The rare statement was issued to Sky News following allegations made by Conservative peer Lord Ashcroft in a new, unauthorised biography called First Lady: Intrigue at the Court of Carrie and Boris Johnson.

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