Boris Johnson criticised for refusing to look at photo of sick child

Johnson pocketed reporter’s phone when challenged over image of child on hospital floor

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Boris Johnson on the campaign trail in the North East
(Image credit: Ben Stansall - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson has come under fire after repeatedly refusing to look at a photograph of a four-year-old boy who was forced to sleep on the floor at an overcrowded hospital.

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