Boris Johnson urged to sack Welsh secretary over rape trial claims

Alun Cairns accused of lying in connection to allegation that aide sabotaged trial

Boris Johnson is facing calls to sack the Welsh secretary, Alun Cairns, and remove him as a Tory candidate after he was accused of “brazenly lying” about his knowledge of an allegation that a former aide had sabotaged a rape trial.

Last week, the Welsh Conservatives claimed Cairns was unaware of Ross England’s alleged role in the trial before it had become public only days earlier.

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