Boris Johnson’s mother has died aged 79, it has been reported.

Charlotte Johnson Wahl, a painter, passed away ‘suddenly and peacefully’ at a London hospital on Monday, according to The Daily Telegraph.

The Prime Minister once described his mother as the ‘supreme authority’ in the family and credited her with instilling in him the equal value of every human life.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was among the first politicians to offer his condolences.

He wrote on Twitter: ‘I’m very sorry to learn of the Prime Minister’s loss. My condolences to him and his family.’

Tory MP Conor Burns said: ‘So sad to hear of the death of Boris Johnson’s Mum. Thoughts and prayers are with him and the whole of the Johnson clan.’

Fellow Conservative Angela Richardson added: ‘Sad news for the PM tonight as well as the rest of the Johnson family. Thoughts with them all.’

During an interview with The Telegraph in 2008, she said: ‘I try to paint every day if I possibly can, though I have to go to the hospital a lot.

‘I still manage to paint, though my arm will suddenly do a movement which is completely unintentional and that almost brings me to tears.’

She was said to have only ever sought to use her son’s influence once, when he was Mayor of London.

Ms Johnson Wahl asked him to ensure buses do not pull away until all passengers were seated, because ‘if you’re disabled, often you fall’, according to the newspaper.

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