No. 10 Announces Inquiry Into Leak of Texts Between PM and Dyson

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a virtual press conference inside the Downing Street briefing room in London on April 5, 2021. Stefan Rousseau/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

No. 10 Downing Street on Thursday announced an inquiry into the leak of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s texts that led to accusations of preferential treatment.

According to the BBC, in a text exchange last March, Johnson personally promised Sir James Dyson he would “fix” an issue over the tax status of his employees at Dyson Ltd. after he was directly lobbied by the entrepreneur.