28 h. ago Sajid Javid told Boris Johnson he was Dominic Cummings’ ‘puppet’

Former chancellor also says Johnson was ‘least well briefed’ of the PMs he had servedSajid Javid told Boris Johnson he was a “puppet” of Dominic Cummings before he resigned as chancellor rather than accept a Cummings-led takeover of his Treasury, he has said in an interview about his experiences as a minister.Speaking to the Institute for Government (IfG), Javid also said that his other departure from Johnson’s government, shortly before it collapsed in 2022, was because he had lost confidence in the prime minister after being assured that allegations about lockdown-breaking parties in No 10 were “bullshit”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'LOCKDOWN MAY BE ONLY WAY TO STOP LONDON NHS COLLAPSE IN 15 DAYS', Cummings warned Johnson as Covid virus spread

Details of fraught meetings at the heart of Government on how to protect the capital were laid bare in a damning report by the Covid Inquiry

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3 w. ago Covid chaos in Boris Johnson’s government led to 23,000 deaths, damning inquiry finds

Covid inquiry report finds Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings presided over ‘toxic and chaotic culture’ at heart of Number 10

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3 w. ago Chaos in Boris Johnson’s government and failure to take Covid seriously led to 23,000 deaths, report finds

Covid Inquiry report finds Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings presided over ‘toxic and chaotic culture’ at heart of Number 10

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3 w. ago The key players who presided over the government’s ‘chaotic’ Covid pandemic response

Baroness Heather Hallett's report on the response to Covid-19 criticised Boris Johnson's excessive optimism in the face of the looming pandemic and "oscillation" on key lockdown decisions

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3 w. ago Government ‘chaos’ under Boris Johnson and failure to tackle Covid cost 23,000 lives, inquiry finds

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry was highly critical of former prime minister Boris Johnson and his team

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