Carrie Johnson says she has been targeted by ‘brutal campaign’

Prime minister's wife insists she is a private individual who plays no role in government'

Carrie Johnson has denied that she has any role in shaping government policy and claimed she has been targeted by enemies of the prime minister in a brutal campaign".

Boris Johnson's wife took the unusual step of issuing a statement through her spokesperson on Sunday evening after months of claims that she is a Lady Macbeth" figure behind government decision-making in Downing Street.