Aspiring journalists got the chance to grill the Prime Minister after he surprised them during a special ‘children’s lobby’

Boris Johnson joined the mini press conference as 13 schoolchildren, aged nine to 14, were quizzing his deputy press secretary Lucia Hodgson in No10 Downing Street.

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The event was designed to give wannabe hacks insight into the world of political journalism and took place on the same day the government announced £14 billion will be invested in England’s primary and secondary schools.

The children asked the Prime Minister questions on a range of topics including his job, the NHS, the environment and Brexit.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said:

As well as meeting the Prime Minister the schoolchildren were given a tour of Number 10 and met the building’s most famous feline resident, Larry.