The then Mayor of London and MP for Henley advocated for her to find a job at City Hall weeks after meeting her and brought her back to his parliamentary office. The appointment was blocked because Johnson’s colleague, newly appointed Cabinet minister Keith Malthouse, said they appeared to have an inappropriately close relationship. Years later, Johnson admitted he pushed her forward for the job when she confronted him in his office in 2017 at the height of the #MeToo scandal. The case is the latest example of Johnson using his political influence to lobby for women with whom he had not disclosed
