"A trove of leaked data from Boris Johnson's private office reveals how the former prime minister has been profiting from contacts and influence he gained in office in a possible breach of ethics and lobbying rules. The Boris Files contain emails, letters, invoices, speeches and business contracts. They shine a spotlight on the inner workings of a publicly subsidised company Johnson established after leaving Downing Street in September 2022."
"The files were obtained by Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoS), a US-registered non-profit that archives leaked and hacked documents. DDoS told the Guardian it did not know the provenance of the leak. However, the appearance of the data on its servers will raise inevitable questions about a breach of security at the former prime minister's office. The trove mostly postdates Johnson's term as prime minister, covering a period between September 2022 and July 2024"
A trove of leaked data from Boris Johnson's private office details emails, letters, invoices, speeches and business contracts. The documents show a publicly subsidised company established after leaving Downing Street managed multiple highly paid jobs and business ventures for Johnson. The material raises questions about possible breaches of ethics, lobbying rules and revolving-door regulations governing post-ministerial careers. The cache contains more than 1,800 files, mostly dated between September 2022 and July 2024, with some documents produced during Johnson's premiership. The disclosures echo the Greensill Capital lobbying scandal and prompt scrutiny of taxpayer-funded allowances for former prime ministers.
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