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		</div><p>Boris Johnson has denied claims he was kept in the dark over some sensitive secret intelligence details by Downing Street when he became foreign secretary.</p>
<p>The Tory leadership front-runner said reports by the BBC and The Sun newspaper were “not true”, adding he was “extremely dubious about the provenance of this story”.</p>
<p>Prime Minister Theresa May allegedly ordered some information be withheld from Mr Johnson when he entered office in 2016 over fears he could not be trusted.</p>
<p>A source told the BBC Mr Johnson was aware of the decision at the time and “very unhappy” about it.</p>
<p>But appearing at a Conservative leadership hustings in Darlington, Mr Johnson said: <em>“I am sure that the Prime Minister would not comment on intelligence matters either so I am extremely dubious about the provenance of this story.</em></p>
<p><em>“It’s not true and I don’t comment on intelligence matters.”</em></p>
<p>A source close to Mr Johnson earlier told PA there was no row about being denied access and he saw everything he should have seen as foreign secretary.</p>
<p>Downing Street said it did not comment on intelligence matters.</p>
<p>But asked if Mrs May trusted Mr Johnson, a Number 10 spokeswoman said: <em>“Yes. It’s a matter of fact that it was the PM’s own decision to appoint Boris Johnson as foreign secretary in full knowledge of all responsibilities that that job involves.”</em></p>
<p>Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt refused to be drawn on the reports, telling the hustings: <em>“We do have a rule that we never comment on intelligence matters and that would include comments about my predecessor and comments about myself.</em></p>
<p><em>“We have the finest intelligence services in the world in this country – that does depend on some discretion by the Foreign Secretary so I’m not going to breach that now.”</em></p>
<p>The Sun claimed nerves were sparked when Mr Johnson was accused of revealing classified information by mistake.</p>
<p>A source told the paper: <em>“The PM didn’t think Boris could be trusted because he had a loose tongue. He made the agencies anxious. He wasn’t told everything because of that.</em></p>
<p><em>“Pre-meetings would be arranged without his knowledge before he’d come over to No 10.</em></p>
<p><em>“They probably both share the blame for the situation and it was a clash of their worst traits – Boris is a big mouth and Theresa can be a paranoid control freak.”</em></p>
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