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In his interview round Damian Hinds, the security minister, was also asked about the claim from Caroline Nokes, the Conservative MP and chair of the women and equalities minister, that she was touched inappropriately by Stanley Johnson, the PM’s father, at an event in 2003. Johnson claims he does not remember Nokes. Hinds said that he only heard about the allegations overnight. But he added: “If there is an investigation to be had, if that is the appropriate course of action, then of course that will happen.”
My colleague Jessica Elgot has the story here.
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