Doubts cast on No 10 claims about letter clearing dog airlift out of Kabul

No 10 says Trudy Harrison gave permission as an MP rather than in her capacity as aide to Boris Johnson

Allies of animal charity boss Pen Farthing and a Labour MP have cast doubt on Downing Street claims about a letter by Boris Johnson’s parliamentary aide Trudy Harrison giving him permission to be evacuated from Kabul in August.

No 10 said Harrison was “acting in her capacity as a constituency MP” when she wrote the letter – as it continued to insist that Boris Johnson had not ordered the rescue of Farthing and his cats and dogs ahead of desperate Afghans.

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