Raab dismisses claim donor was asked to pay for Johnson’s nanny as ‘gossip’

Foreign secretary says he has no idea' if claim is true and he will not comment on tittle-tattle'

Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, has said he does not know if a Conservative donor was asked to pay for Boris Johnson's childcare costs, amid new allegations of undeclared donations and loans to fund the prime minister's lifestyle.

Following reports that Johnson sought payments from a donor to help pay for his one-year-old son's care, Raab told Sky's Sophy Ridge on Sunday: I have no idea, you don't have conversations like that with the PM. I can't comment on every little bit of gossip that's in the newspapers. The last thing you asked me about, I think, is an example of tittle-tattle."