Boris Johnson’s aides reportedly banned him from taking top secret documents home after confidential papers were left strewn around his flat.
Highly classified material, known as Strap documents, was allegedly found lying around in the Prime Minister’s Downing Street flat and in the upstairs quarters at his Chequers retreat.
The PM’s former top aide Dominic Cummings ordered a crackdown on intelligence documents being put in Mr Johnson’s red box in early 2020 after becoming alarmed by the “frat house” atmosphere, according to the Sunday Times.
It comes as separate claims emerged that Whitehall enforcer Sue Gray has been informed that some friends of the Prime Minister’s wife Carrie had the access code to the Downing Street flat.
Downing Street did not comment on the allegations.
The latest revelations add to a growing picture of behind-the-scenes chaos as Mr Johnson battles to save his premiership, which has been rocked by the partygate saga.
The Strap papers, which are distinctive because of their pink colour, were reportedly in view in the flat while guests were there.
Martin Reynolds, the PM’s principal private secretary, is said to have insisted Mr Johnson approved sensitive documents in his No10 office.
“[Dominic] Cummings spoke to the PPS and they agreed on new protocols to stop sensitive Strap material going to the flat or upstairs at Chequers,” a No 10 source said.
“Instead material was to be shown to the PM downstairs in No 10 or Chequers, then immediately returned to safekeeping.”
Another source told the paper that the PM’s ministerial box was also left outside the door of the flat on Saturdays.
“It would be there in the morning and often still there in the evening,” the official said. “He wouldn’t have touched it.”
That’s the BJ way - shambolic … 