The Guardian Pages 4-7→ Revealed Johnson traded PM contacts for business deals Pippa Crerar A trove of leaked data from Boris Johnson's private office reveals how the rormer prime miniscer nas oeen profiting from contacts and influence of ethics and lobbying rules, the Bors Klles contain cmails. letters, invoices, speeches and business contracts. They shine aspotlight on the inner workings or a prlolichy subsidised company Johnson estab-asned anter .edvuro Dowmnystcetn. September 2022. The trove reveals how Johnson has used the company to manage an array of highly paid jobs and business ventures. They raise questions for the former Conservative leader anaweynerner ne nhsnrracnee "revolving door" rules governing wossminbenar careets The revelations have echoes of the Greensill Capital lobbying scan• dal that embroiled one of Johnson's predecessors, David Cameron. They may also spark questions about the taxpayer-funded allowance that for-mer prume miniteis yet to cun thel private offices. There are more than 1,800 files in the cache, including some that date back to Johnson's tenure in Downing Street. The Guardian is the only UK media organisation known to have The files reveal: • Johnson lobbied a senior Saudi official he had met while in office, asking him to share a nitch with the petrostate sautocraticcrown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, fora firmhe • The ex- PlA received moro ٣٠ NING STRE CWIA2A French PM ousted after losing confidence vote Angelique Chrisafis Françols Bayrou has been ousted inr Connldlontemnannunt e months as prime minister, collapsing his minority govemment and plung-ing France into a political crisis. Bayrou, ?4, will hand his resig nation to Emmanuel Macron, his long-term centrist ally, this morn- 108. lnerrencu presidentnowtaces the challenge of appointing his third prime minister in only one year, and the fifth since he began his second term of office in 2022. His office said he would make the decision "in the coming days". Bayrou was toppled…
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