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    • Friday, 4 February, 2022
      Boris Johnson
      Johnson braced for further resignations of Downing Street aides

      Some government ministers said to be considering their positions after head of PM’s policy unit quit

      Boris Johnson
    • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
      UK politics
      Boris Johnson denies he lied to parliament over lockdown party

      UK prime minister apologises for Downing Street ‘misjudgments’ but insists he did not knowingly breach rules

    • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
      UK Government
      UK government wins appeal over Covid contract to Cummings-linked firm

      Court of Appeal finds decision to hire consultancy with Tory connections over pandemic was lawful

    • Monday, 17 January, 2022
      Boris Johnson
      Tory MPs endure angry reaction from voters to No 10 parties

      Constituents hit out at revelations about Downing Street gatherings during Covid restrictions

    • Monday, 17 January, 2022
      UK politics
      Dominic Cummings, ‘Partygate’ and the campaign to unseat Boris Johnson

      Mastermind behind Brexit campaign is relentless in his pursuit of prime minister

      Montage of Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings
    • Friday, 7 January, 2022
      UK Government
      Ethics chief will not reopen inquiry into Johnson’s flat refurbishment

      Geidt does not plan to do further work on case, according to officials

      Boris Johnson
    • Friday, 29 October, 2021
      FT MagazineRobert Shrimsley
      The uncomfortable truth about Dominic Cummings’s campaign playbook

      His suggested strategy includes ‘hot women and beer and pizza’

    • Tuesday, 24 August, 2021
      FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
      Crypto Cummings is back

      More blockchain bunkum from the bloke who brought us Brexit, BarnardCastleGate and (arguably) Boris.

    • Tuesday, 20 July, 2021
      UK politics
      Cummings says he discussed ditching Johnson weeks after election win

      Ex-adviser presents PM as empty vessel with rival camps inside No 10 fighting for influence

      Dominic Cummings
    • Sunday, 11 July, 2021
      Whitehall reform
      UK government must ‘reform itself or fail’, commission reports

      Replace permanent secretaries with chief executives and a new prime minister’s department among proposals

    • Wednesday, 30 June, 2021
      UK Government
      UK government wrestles with challenge of Cummings revelations

      Officials fear acting against prime minister’s former adviser could turn him into a ‘martyr’

      Dominic Cummings
    • Thursday, 17 June, 2021
      Sebastian Payne
      WhatsApp is where real political power lies in Britain

      The Dominic Cummings-Boris Johnson chat shows how the messaging app dominates Westminster’s decision-making

      Dominic Cummings, former chief adviser to the UK prime minister, has this week published private WhatsApp messages with Boris Johnson
    • Wednesday, 16 June, 2021
      UK politics
      Cummings reveals Johnson messages calling Hancock’s efforts ‘hopeless’

      Former top adviser publishes WhatsApp missives showing PM considered sacking UK health secretary

      Dominic Cummings giving his parliamentary testimony last month
    • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
      UK politics
      Hancock hits back at Cummings and denies lying to PM

      UK health secretary defends his conduct during coronavirus crisis

    • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
      UK Government
      Court rules UK acted unlawfully with contract to Cummings-linked firm

      Consultancy with close Tory connections was hired to monitor public opinion during the pandemic

      The entrance to The Royal Courts of Justice on The Strand in London
    • Monday, 31 May, 2021
      Andrew Hill
      How strict lockdown rules are shaping the way we work

      Leaders must combine guidelines with strong values and clear authority

    • Saturday, 29 May, 2021
      Political Fix podcast34 min listen
      Dominic Cummings versus the world

      What is the political impact for the prime minister? Plus how foreign aid cuts are hitting projects on the ground

    • Friday, 28 May, 2021
      Camilla Cavendish
      Cummings’ testimony reveals fatal flaws of the British state

      When it came to a Covid strategy, every bit of the system seemed to think it knew best

      Jonathan McHugh illustration of Camilla Cavendish column ‘Cummings’ testimony reveals fatal flaws of the British state’
    • Friday, 28 May, 2021
      UK Government
      Relations between Johnson and cabinet secretary fray over Cummings ties

      Officials say former adviser’s explosive claims have made Simon Case’s position as top civil servant more difficult

      Simon Case, centre, between Boris Johnson, right, and health secretary Matt Hancock during a Cabinet meeting in September 2020
    • Thursday, 27 May, 2021
      Coronavirus treatment
      Hancock admits some patients with Covid were moved into care homes

      Spat over handling of pandemic continues as UK health secretary faces claims he lied over policy in March last year

      Matt Hancock
    • Thursday, 27 May, 2021
      FT MagazineRobert Shrimsley
      Alas, poor Boris: a Shakespearean travesty

      ‘He’s trying to knock out 130,000 words but there are all these Covid meetings. And yond Cummings has a lean and hungry look’

    • Wednesday, 26 May, 2021
      ExplainerUK Government
      Detailed and vitriolic: Dominic Cummings’ five most explosive claims

      Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser turns up pressure on his old boss with stinging allegations

    • Wednesday, 26 May, 2021
      UK politics
      Cummings launches stinging attack on Johnson and handling of Covid crisis

      Prime minister’s former adviser says government fell ‘disastrously short’ of standards expected by public

      The UK prime minister’s former adviser Dominic Cummings
    • Wednesday, 26 May, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Lessons of Dominic Cummings’ testimony are still to be learnt

      UK government is making the same mistakes as in early days of pandemic

      Dominic Cummings’ overall portrait is recognisable: a leader unsuited by temperament and experience to handling a national emergency
    • Wednesday, 26 May, 2021
      Robert Shrimsley
      Cummings exposes dangers of a lightweight leader and a dysfunctional system

      There is no hidden secret in the UK’s handling of Covid. The errors are miserably obvious

      Ellie Foreman-Peck illustration of Robert Shrimsley oped on Cummings
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