Minister defends Johnsons’ Christmas ‘childcare bubble’ with Nimco Ali

Anne-Marie Trevelyan says she has no doubt PM and his wife followed the rules during really tough time'

Carrie Johnson needed her friend in her childcare bubble" with Boris Johnson for extra support over Christmas because of the challenges of running the country and experiencing difficult pregnancies, a cabinet minister has claimed.

It has been revealed that the Johnsons' friend Nimco Ali, godmother to their son Wilfred, spent Christmas with the family at a time when lockdown restrictions in London prevented almost all household mixing.