Boris Johnson’s phone number ‘available online for 15 years’

Reports earlier this month suggested senior officials had called on Mr Johnson to change his number because of concerns about how many people contacted him directly.

Boris Johnson on the phone while London mayor (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Boris Johnson’s mobile phone number was freely available on the internet for the last 15 years, according to reports.

A contact number for Mr Johnson was listed on the bottom of a press release when he was still shadow higher education minister in 2006 – a document which was still available online in 2021.