Johnson ally helped PM's tech boss friend hold Commons event

Boris Johnson is under increasing pressure to explain his friendship with Jennifer Arcuri. Photograph: Vicki Couchman/Rex/ShutterstockThe businesswoman at the centre of the conflict of interest row over her close friendship with Boris Johnson held a reception at the House of Commons with the help of an ally of the prime minister, the Guardian has learned.Jennifer Arcuri’s firm hosted a “tech v brains” summit in parliament that was booked by the Tory MP George Freeman, who backe