Boris accused of trying to secure lover a City Hall job

BORIS Johnson has been accused of an ‘abuse of power’ after trying to secure a job for a young woman he was having an affair with.

The Prime Minister – who was mayor of London at the time – is said to have pushed for the woman, then in her 20s, to get the role just weeks after they first met while she was working on his 2008 mayoral campaign.

But the appointment was blocked by Kit Malthouse, who was then deputy mayor of London and now a Cabinet minister, over fears they were ‘too friendly’.

The woman – who has not been named but is now married with two children – told The Sunday Times that she regretted their sexual encounters, which included a liaison in Mr Johnson’s parliamentary office.

She eventually confronted Mr Johnson in the wake of the MeToo movement and secretly recorded their conversation in his office in 2017.

During the confrontation she told Mr Johnson of her regrets and said it was an example of how any young woman who ‘steps into this building is fair game’ and there to be ‘leered at’ by powerful men.

The woman revealed she secured an interview for a role at the Greater London Authority only weeks after her encounter with Mr Johnson. It was led by a threeperson panel headed by Mr Malthouse. She was unsuccessful.

Mr Johnson – who was married with four children at the time of the affair – reportedly said in the taped conversation: ‘Can I just say something?

‘I did suggest you for a role and I was very disappointed when you didn’t get that role. I remember it.’

Cabinet Office guidelines state that any relevant interests or relationships must be declared for public appointments.

Greater London Authority (GLA) has not yet received a complaint about the matter but would investigate if one is received.

A Downing Street spokesman said: ‘This is not about his time as PM. We don’t talk about his private life.’