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Jeremy Hunt tells rival: ‘Don’t be a coward’
It comes as Mr Johnson faces pressure to answer questions about the police being called out to the home he shares with partner Carrie Symonds. The candidate – considered a near certainty to win the battle for No.10 only a week ago – has also suffered a major poll slump following the loud altercation with his girlfriend.

Photographs emerged of Mr Johnson and Ms Symonds holding hands and smiling as they sit at a picnic table in the countryside, in an apparent bid to counter suggestions that their relationship was in trouble.