The deputy prime minister said allegations regarding the PM's wife were part of a 'feeding frenzy' and a means to get at Mr Johnson himself - something he described as 'out of order'.
Labour MP Chris Bryant said the idea of appointing her as a special adviser at the Foreign Office while in a relationship with her was"manifestly corrupt".
Mr Raab told Sky News that Mr Bryant's language was"particularly irresponsible", adding:"Frankly, these attacks on Carrie are deeply unsavoury.""Frankly what I think you're seeing is a political attack on Carrie as a means to get the prime minister and I think that's out of order. "There's a sort of feeding frenzy on everything or anything that is even thrown out there as a claim against the prime minister or in this case his wife and I think that's wrong."
On calls for an investigation into the matter, Mr Raab said:"Ultimately, Number 10 have been very clear on this. I think it's a partisan attack. It's very unfortunate that Carrie's being used to attack the prime minister. That's not on." The claim that Mr Johnson tried to hire Carrie as his chief of staff was reported in The Times on Saturday but removed from later editions.there were conversations between Number 10 and the paper after its initial publication and before it was pulled.
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