Boris Johnson aide tried to stop media using image of boy on hospital floor

PM’s senior adviser contacted press regulator on behalf of child’s mother, Sarah Williment

A senior adviser to Boris Johnson was involved in trying to stop the media reporting images of a four-year-old boy photographed sleeping on a hospital floor.

The Conservative aide contacted the press regulator Ipso on behalf of Sarah Williment, the mother of the boy, after the health secretary, Matt Hancock, spoke to her by phone, according to individuals with knowledge of the case.

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