A UK government minister defended Prime Minister Boris Johnson over mounting allegations of sleaze, as the premier’s team prepares for a fresh round of potentially damaging claims from his former top aide.

International trade secretary Liz Truss dismissed claims from Dominic Cummings as a “complete load of Westminster tittle-tattle” and said the premier had always “acted in the interests of this country”...

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