Boris Johnson claimed children of working mothers more likely to ‘mug you’

Boris Johnson made claims that children of working mothers on lower incomes were “unloved and undisciplined” and more likely to become “hoodies” who would “mug you on the street corner”, it has been revealed.

In his 2006 book Have I Got Views For You, Mr Johnson also said that a growing tendency for women to work had seen women “socially gestapoed into the workplace”.